whofe flowers arc of a greenifh afh colour (is not this the 

 var. figured in the Hort, Malab. ?) all thefe varieties growing 

 in feparate pots, they place in certain quarters which they par- 

 ticularly wifh to decorate, and the effeci they produce is highly 

 pleafing : in the cultivation of this plant they fpare no pains, 

 the fhorter it is and the larger its flowers, the more it is 

 efteemed ; to make it dwarfifb, and at the fame time pro- 

 ductive of flowers, they check its growth; for, if fufFered to 

 grow rude, it affumes a wild nature, and produces little but 

 leaves ; when it is coming into flower, of the three blofToms 

 which ufually terminate each branch, they pluck off two, and 

 thus the remaining flower grows larger ; by this, and other 

 management, they caufe the flowers to grow to the breadth of 

 one's hand : he enumerates ftill a fifth fort with white flowers, 

 which is extremely rare, and fmaller than the others, called 

 Ifchuyfayfiy that is the drunken woman ; its flowers morning 

 and evening flag, and hang down as if debilitated by intoxi- 

 cation, in the middle of the day they become ereel, and follow 

 the courfc of the fun ; but this (moll probably adiftintt fpecies) 

 is not exported from China. Finally, he remarks, that the 

 Chinefe and Malays are fo attached to thefe flowers, that they 

 even decorate their hair with them. 



Tiiunberg, in his Flora Japonica, enumerates it among the 

 natives of that country, and defcribes it as growing fpontaneoufly 

 in Papenberg, near Nagafaki, and elfewhere, obferving, that it is 

 cultivated for the extreme beauty of its flowers in gardens and 

 houfes throughout the whole empire of Japan, and that the 

 flowers vary infinitely in point of colour, fize, and plenitude. 

 Kampfer's account of it in his Am<en. Exot. is very fimilar. 



This Chryfanthemum appears to be a hardy greenhoufe plant, 

 and it is highly probable that, like the Camellia and Aucaba, it 

 will bear the cold of our mild winters without injury. 



As it flowers fo late, there is but little profpect of its pro- 

 ducing feeds with us, but it may be increased by cuttings, and 

 parting of the roots. 



