173 On forcing the Chinese Chrysanthemum. 



lose the seed pod by having it knocked off the plant. I have 

 again, the past winter, succeeded in impregnating the stigmas 

 of flowers of the same species or variety, and they are now 

 swelling, and about the size of peas. 



I have occasionally seen a few anthers in the Camellias var. 

 imbricata, Landrethi, Hume's blush, and such like extra or 

 magnificent kinds; but about four weeks ago I was not a little 

 astonished to notice, in the collection of plants belonging to 

 J. Douglass, Jr., of this city, two different plants of Hume's 

 blush, with splendid large flowers on each, and upwards of 

 thirty anthers, covered with fine prolific pollen. One of the 

 plants was imported, and the other was a plant inarched here, 

 but not from the imported one: each of the plants had a num- 

 ber of flowers expanded, some with anthers and some with- 

 out. Mr. Douglass kindly gave some of the pollen to most 

 of our amateur cultivators, who have fertilized flowers, from 

 which we hope to produce some superb varieties in a few 

 years. 



As many of the amateurs in the District of Columbia have 

 succeeded in raising new and fine varieties by the plan now 

 detailed, I have deemed it advisable, especially for the assist- 

 ance of others who may wish to assist in enriching our gar- 

 dens with new kinds, to send you this account of our prac- 



^'^^* J. S. GUNNELL. 



Washingtony D. C, Jlpril 14, 1842. 



Art. V. enforcing the Chinese Chrysanthemum, so as to 

 produce Jioicers in May. By J. B. Career, Columbia, 

 Pa, 



T NOTICED an extract in your Magazine, from a foreign pub- 

 lication, some time back, [Vol. VI., p. 76 — Ed.] that a 

 person in England had succeeded in flowering the Chinese 

 chrysanthemum in the month of May, but that the mode of 

 proceeding was kept a secret. Man is naturally fond of dis- 

 covering secrets, — and had the plan been fully detailed, the 



