On the Cultivation of the Chinese Chysanthemums. 141 



perceived in the strong appearance of the foha2;e. They should be 

 kept in a situation where they will be shaded from the heat of the 

 mid-day sun, until September or October ; placing the pots on boards, 

 so that the worms will not enter them. Upon the approach of 

 cold weather, they should be removed to the green-house, or wher- 

 ever they are intended to be kept. They should not be allowed 

 to be touched with frost, when they are forming their flower buds, as 

 it injures them very materially. The plants should be trained with 

 three or four branches, and tied to sticks as they proceed in growth. 

 In this manner they form stout, bushy, compact plants, and produce 

 flowers, of the large kinds, five or six inches in diameter. 



The suckers may be used instead of cuttings, if desired, or to save 

 time ; but cuttings make by far the best plants, throwing up but k\v 

 suckers and growing more bushy. The pots may also be plunged 

 during summer, but they are apt to make strong roots through the 

 holes in the pots, into the ground, and when taken up, they are 

 apt to be injured in their blooming. 



This is the result of our practice, and we have never failed in 

 procuring as fine a bloom of flowers as could be desired. They will 

 flower in any soil, provided it is rich, but the compost we have men- 

 tioned, we have found to give the plants a more vigorous and strong 

 growth. The following arrangement of this elegant genus, we have 

 copied from a communication in Loudon's Gardener's Magazine, 

 communicated by the late A. H. Haworth, Esq. This gentleman was 

 enthusiastic in his devotion to Botany and Entomology, and his loss 

 will be severely felt by those who take an interest in these sciences. 

 We have adopted this arrangement in our collection of plants, and 

 we would suggest to nurserymen, as well as amateurs and gardeners, 

 who have good collections, the importance of arranging them accord- 

 ing to this method. 



Considerable confusion exists in the names of Chysanthemums; some 

 varieties are mere synonyms of others, and several are incorrectly 

 named. We have in contemplation the cultivation of every kind now 

 existing in the various gardens, for the purpose of comparing them, 

 and correcting their names. They are a favorite flower with us, and 

 we hope to be able to gather such information, as will enable us to 

 offer our readers a rorrect list of the sorts, agreeing with the names 

 and descriptions given by Mr. Sabine and Mr. Haworth, in the Lon- 

 don Horticultural Society's Transactions, and Gardener's Magazine. 



A new Arrangement of Double-Jlowercd Chinese Chrysanthemums. 

 * Ranuncclus-flowerkd. 



1. Yelloio Indian, Hon. Trans, v. 4. p. 330. t;tl.. 12. and v. G. p. ^ACu Of .short 



.stature (in its trroiip), witli very late; and doiiljlc, but small, flowers; and 

 forms, with the next, a distinct s|)c("ios. 



2. While Indian, Ilort. Trans, v. 0. ]). 347. Siiortcr than the preceding, with 



very hite and similar, hut white, flowers. 



