214 Descriptive Account of Twenty-four 



mums then in cultivation ; they were nearly or quite all na- 

 tives of China, from whence they had been received, from 

 time to time, principally through the exertions of the London 

 Horticultural Society. 



About that period, the French and Belgian cultivators be- 

 gan the production of seedlings, and, following up their efforts, 

 they have succeeded in producing so many superior kinds, 

 that many of the old Chinese sorts are now scarcely consid- 

 ered as worthy a place in a good collection. 



The chrysanthemum has always been a favorite flower of 

 ours, and we have always made exertions to procure the 

 finest of the new varieties for our collection ; and having 

 flowered a great number of kinds the last autumn, which we 

 had imported the year or two previous, we took brief descrip- 

 tions of twenty-four of them when in bloom, in the hope that 

 they might aid amateurs in the choice of a small collection. 

 We have arranged the list alphabetically, as follows : — 



1. Ahelard. — Beautiful bright pink, petals perfectly quilled. 



2. Achmet Bey. — Rich royal purple, petals incurved and 

 superb. 



3. Bijou. — Small delicate blush, tinted with rose, and bloom- 

 ing in large compact clusters. 



4. Bertram. — Beautiful purple. 



5. Bethulia.* — Pink, with long slender petals, slightly tas- 

 seled. 



6. Comte dPEu. — Fine buff, with petals half quilled. 



7. Campestroni. — Deep rich purple, flowers large, and pe- 

 tals incurved. 



8. David.* — Fine bright yellow. 



9. Demosthenes. — Dark salmon, tipped with buff. 



10. De Creqire. — Lilac pink, with large, expanded petals, 

 blooming in compact clusters. 



11. Due de Calineau.* — Dark reddish crimson. 



12. Gen. Laborde. — Pink, with light centre. 



13. Horatio. — Rosy purple, with large, expanded petal. 



14. Incomparable. — Very fine, large, buff. 



15. Isabella. — Beautiful, compact, white. 



16. Letitia Bonaparte. — Pink, slightly tasseled. 



17. Leontine. — Dark red, with flat, expanded petal. 



18. Marie Antoinette. — Bright pink, with expanded petal. 



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