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great number of them bear silver, pink, lilac, or pur- 

 ple, as well as yellow flowers ; but this error it is 

 rather too late now to repair, unless any poet feels 

 inclined to marry to immortal verse the Chinese 

 names of Yok giti lung TcoJcfa, and Pale tseen yony ~kok 

 fa, by which appellations the white varieties of the 

 Chrysanthemums are known in China. It has been 

 remarked that this favourite flower of the Mandarins 

 has contributed to shorten the floral winter more than 

 any exotic, as when cultivated in pots and placed out 

 in favourable weather, its flowers will continue in full 

 beauty to adorn the halls and vestibules of mansions, 

 at Christmas, in places where tender plants could not 

 endure to stand. Notwithstanding its exotic origin, 

 " our English varieties" of Chrysanthemum, says 

 GLEKNTE, " will soon outnumber and excel the origi- 

 nal, and it will be, like the Camellia Japonica essen- 

 tially English, or at least European, before many years 

 pass over our heads. The plants are valuable as out- 

 of-door ornaments in mild autumns, for they succeed 

 the Dahlia ; and although a very severe frost will 

 destroy foliage and flowers, they will live through a 

 frost which will cut off the Dahlia past recovery."* 



"We have now reached the limits of our flowery 

 domain, and have only opportunity to glance at with- 

 out describing in detail the rich crimson JRudbeckia, 

 the African and French Mary golds (Tagetes), varying 

 from bright yellow to a deep orange colour, which 

 often appear very splendid and beautiful in contrast 

 with the deep purple Asters, and the tall glittering 

 Golden-Rods (Solidacjo viminea), as contributing to 

 the peculiar glow, which, under the influence of a 



* Annals of Horticulture* 



