THE NEW DAISY CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



which forms the subject of this paper, I have endeavored, on the one hand, to point out 

 the very injurious eflects to architecture, as a branch of the fine arts, which follow from 

 giving it the precedence of all our other inquiries. Its tendency is to degrade art, and to 

 cover the country with monuments interesting to archajologistsonly as marking the money- 

 loving spirit of their epoch, and the low state of the art at the time. 



On the other hand, I have endeavored to point out the proper period at which the all- 

 important question as to cost ought to be determined, and the no less injurious effects 

 which a wrong solution of the problem has upon art, and the necessity there is of the 

 architect being thoroughly qualified to form correct estimates of the value of building ma- 

 terials and of labor, so that he may be able to adjust his design to the money proposed to 

 be expended. 



These remarks, it is true, do not directly bear on the principles of art or architecture, 

 and they may in consequence appear to some, to be of too humble a nature to form the 

 subject of a paper. But if I have succeeded in conveying in any degree, a just sense of 

 the importance, in architectural design, of limiting to its proper place the question " What 

 will it cost," and of giving it, in its own place, a full and honest answer, I shall feel that 

 my labors, however humble, have not been altogether in vain. David Cousin. 



THE NEW DAISY CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



The old varieties of the Chrysanthemums, (popularly known by many as j^rtemesias,) 

 have long been inmates of our gardens and green-houses — where the}^ are esteemed for 

 cheating even November and December, (those two dreariest mouths of the year to the 

 devotees of Flora,) into something like a gay appearance. 



Some new varieties have lately been introduced into this country, so distinct in their ap- 

 pearance, as, at first sight, to be scarcely recognized as the same flowers. We mean the 

 Daisy Chrysanthemums — of which the accompanying sketch of a boquet of the different 

 varieties, aifords a good idea. The flowers, (shown exactly the natural size,) are so small, 

 and so neatl}' formed, as to look far more like daisies, or quilled China Asters, than Chry- 

 santhemums. The plants, too, are dwarf and bushy, occupying far less space in the green- 

 house, than the old sorts. For the garden, they are, we believe, equallj^ hard}^ with the 

 latter. 



All these small flowered Chrysanthemums have, we believe, been originated from seed 

 by the French florists, from a variety called the " Chusan Daisy," brought out from China 

 by Mr. Fortune. 



Messrs. Parsons, of Flushing, Thorbuen, of New-York, and other leading florists, 

 had pretty collections of these miniature, or Daisy Chrysanthemums, in bloom last au- 

 tumn, and they may no doubt be had this spring at any of the large general nurseries, at 

 very moderate prices . 



We received last autumn, from Messrs. Ellwanger & Barrt, of the Mount Hope 

 Nurseries, Rochester, a small box, containing some exquisite blooms of these Daisy Chry- 

 santhemums — so clear and pretty in color, and so petite and distinct in form, as to be mis- 

 taken at first sight for rare small asters. The following are the names of the sorts from 

 Messrs. E. & B: 



Daphics. — Crimsom purple — quilled and prettily formed. 



Circea. — Light pink — very delicate. 



