CKfNESE CFiaYSANTHE.MUAr. 429 



CHINESE CHRYSANTHEMUM. 



Chrysanthemum Indicum. 



Natural Order CompositcR Dioscoidece. CorymbifercB, 

 Jiiss : a Genus of the Syngenesia Polygamia Super- 

 fiua Class. 



Since the Flora of China has poured her autum- 

 nal 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 con- 

 tributed towards enlivening the dreary months as 

 this favourite flower of the Mandarins. 



In the Chinese language the generic term of 

 this plant is Kuk fa or Kokfa, 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 below 

 as many of the Chinese names of the varieties 

 as we have been able to collect, and which are 

 expressive of some circumstance in the flower or 

 plant *. 



• Chrysantheniuiu Iiidicuin. 

 White velvet do. P«/v taeen yonffkokfa : this 



is ai,nTcahle to the pronimr la- 



