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incurved to show the backs. The face is 

 rather hollow, but it is a bright looking 

 flower in a stand. 



One of the neatest and best formed of all 

 is Annie Saltee ; a small flower, bright 

 yellow, with reflexed petals, laying well, 

 and forming two-thirds of a ball. There is 

 nothing among the whole tribe so com- 

 pletely a show flower as this little pet, 

 though it is very small compared with 

 many favorites. 



Most of the chrysanthemums in present 

 cultivation, even the best, have curled, or, 

 as they are called, incurved pptals ; gene- 

 rally loose and irregular ; but there are a 

 few and very few, that make up well, that 

 is to say, that are symmetrical when full 

 bloomed, and form a sort of half-globular 

 flower, close enough to pass well in a 

 stand. The publication of the names of 

 these will give our Continental friends a 

 good notion of what will pass current among 

 florists; and we strongly advise all who 

 intend to commence the cultivation of this 

 flower, to confine themselves entirely to 

 those we mention until they see something 

 better, for the descriptions now publishing 

 are altogether false, and we in vain, in a 

 very large collection, sought for more ; we 

 proceed, however, to describe them. 



Campestroni, purplish red, very full, to- 

 lerably round ; a good full size, showing 

 the dull under sidfe of the petal by reason 

 of its curling, the centre full of petals, but 

 sunk. 



Beauty is after the fashion of Goliah, 

 but not so compact. The flower forms well, 

 because, although the centre is thin, the 



petals curl over, and make up a nice gl 

 lar and somewhat rich looking flower. 



King is blush pink, curling like others, 

 but making up into a showy, bold, round, 

 good flower ; centre pretty round, and gene- 

 ral appearance rich. 



Arisiides is a fine orange coloured me- 

 dium sized flower, very bold and full, desi- 

 rable on account of its being the best of its 

 colour, and showable. 



Defiance, large white, forms a good 

 round flower by the petals curling inwards, 

 so that the outside of them is shown ; the 

 petals are not so thick as some, but the 

 style is very pretty. 



LuciDUM, a blush white ; made up much 

 in the same way by the petals curling in- 

 wards ; full sized, and very pretty. 



Formosa is also a very pretty white, but 

 not so large as some others ; forms a nice 

 globular flower, although the petals are not 

 so full as many of the sorts. 



These few are all that we should grow 

 of the great number we have seen, and all 

 we should recommend others to grow. 

 There may be some new ones to come out 

 in the season, and one especially that we 

 at present do not know the name of, but 

 which we mean to recommend to make up 

 a dozen. It is of no use recommending a 

 parcel of misshapen flowers that present no 

 good qualities. It is wasting ground, and 

 pots, and house room to cultivate them. 

 As, however, there are some who may wish 

 to buy less than a dozen, the principal ob- 

 ject will be to judge from the above de- 

 scriptions which are the best, regard being 

 had to diversified colours. 



ON REVERSE BUDDING, AND CURIOUS GROWTHS IN TREES. 



BY ROBERT BALMANNO, BROOKLYN, N. Y. 



Sir — When I was on a visit to England, 

 about twelve years ago, I took occasion to 

 make some inquiries respecting the Weep- 

 ing Ash, and I observed in a nursery, near 

 the city of Derby, the manner in which 

 artificial trees of that species are produced. 



It is effected by inserting about half a dozen 

 buds, near the top of a young stock, re- 

 versing the usual and natural mode in 

 which buds are inserted. That is to say, 

 the bud is introduced upside down ! 



After these buds have struck, and are 



