CHINESE CHRYSANTHEMUM. 4 01 



the shape of their leaves, sonic liaving tlieir scrra- 

 tures much deeper cut than others, whilst the ends 

 of the serratures are sharp and pointed, and in 

 other kinds bluntly rounded. In some of the va- 

 rieties the foliage is strongly aromatic ; in others, 

 slightly so, or quite scentless : the flowers vary 

 equally in this respect, the old Purple or Ruby- 

 coloured Chrysanthemum being strongly and agree- 

 ably aromatic. Some of the kinds have a perfume 

 similar to that of honey, but the odour of the 

 greater number is like that of the Chamomile flower. 

 Nature, as if not satisfied in diversifying the 

 colours of these flowers, has also varied the forma- 

 tion of the florets, by which the changes are con- 

 siderably augmented, and the varieties so perfectly 

 distinct, that the quilled flowers have not at all the 

 same character and appearance as those with florets 

 half tubular and half ligulate ; whilst others, that 

 expand with petals perfectly ligulate or flat, bear a 

 resemblance to the shape of a China Aster ; and 

 others, with tubular florets in the centre, and rays 

 of plain ones in the circumference, give the seducing 

 form of a beautiful Ranunculus. Some of the 

 kinds have their florets so disposed in the calyx as 

 to form a kind of tassel when half expanded ; and 

 when fully open they remind us of a French pow- 

 der-puff*, such as was used by the beaux of the last 

 century. 



