Plate 524. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS— MOUNT EDGECUMBE 

 AND GEORGE PEABODY. 



The Chinese Chrysanthemum still maintains, and is likely to 

 maintain, its place as one of our most popular flowers. In 

 respect of popularity, indeed, we question if it has any rival but 

 the Rose. Like that flower, it has exhibitions exclusively de- 

 voted to it ; while from the ease with which it is cultivated, it 

 is even more generally grown than the Rose. 



Mr. Bull, who has now taken the place formerly held by 

 Mr. Salter, has been kind enough to furnish us with a notice of 

 those he is about to distribute this spring. There is no falling 

 off" in numbers, nor, as far as we have seen them, in quality. 

 They are, besides those figured in our plate, Katharine Talfourd, 

 golden amber, or yellow tipped with brown ; Benoivn, bright 

 orange, and lighter centre ; Felicity, pure white, with lemon 

 centre ; Acquisition, anemone flowered, bright rose lilac and 

 yellow disk ; Flora, bright lilac peach, shading off to white ; 

 Model, bright rosy pink ; Luna, golden yellow, with small brown 

 tips ; Ensign, cinnamon, shading ofi" to yellow ; Barbara, rich 

 golden yellow ; Memnon, rich rosy purple ; Chieftain, cinnamon 

 red colour ; Clarissa, violet pink ; Emblem, light rosy purple ; 

 Refnlgens, rich deep claret ; Heroine, delicate blush, tipped with 

 sulj^hur yellow ; Princess, soft lilac and pink. 



Of those figured. Mount Edcjecunibe (fig. 1) is transparent 

 sulphur white, deUcately tinted with rose, and beautifully in- 

 curved, in the style of that favourite old flower, Avmee Fcrriere. 

 George Feahody (fig. 2), white, back of petals dark lilac purple ; 

 and, as it is very incurved, the back of the petals is alone seen. 

 It is one of the most distinct Chrysanthemums lately raised, 

 and will be found a very fine exhibition flower. 



