CHINJ'SE CHRYSANTHEMUM. 39 



CHINESE CHRYSANTHEMUM. Chrysan- 

 themum Indicum. 



Natural Order Compositce Dioscoide^e. Corymhifercpy 

 Juss. A Genus of the Syngenesla Polygamia Su- 

 perfiua Class. 



SixcE the Flora of China has poured her autumnal 

 gifts so abundantly over our parterres, the winter 

 of our gardens is considerably shortened ; and of 

 all the flowering plants which that fertile country 

 has afforded us, none has so much contributed 

 towards enlivening the dreary months as this fa- 

 vourite flower of the Mandarins. 



In the Chinese language the generic term of 

 this plant is Kuh fa or Kok fa, and those of the 

 largest flowers are distinguished by the name of 

 So ee kok, and the white varieties generally are 

 called Yok qui lung kok fa. We have given be- 

 low as many of the Chinese names of the varieties 

 as we have been able to collect, and which are 



