156 THE CHRYSANTHEMUM 



and violet/' The Japanese commentator remarks: 

 "By a foreign country is meant the kingdom of Paik- 

 tse, one of the States of Corea." In the palace of the 

 Mikado, at Kioto, is an apartment decorated entirely 

 with paintings and carvings representing this popular 

 Japanese flower. 



AMERICAN" HISTORY OF THE CHRYSANTHEMUM 



There is no authentic record, in fact, not even a 

 tradition as to whom we are indebted for the first intro- 

 duction of the Chrysanthemum to America, yet it must 

 have been brought, or sent, to this country quite early 

 in the last century. 



The New England Farmer of November 26, 1830, 

 reports on some Chrysanthemums exhibited before the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society by its recording 

 secretary, E. L. Emmons, on November 20, and gives a 

 list of varieties, as for example : Tasseled White, Park's 

 Small Yellow, Quilled Lilac, Quilled White, Golden 

 Lotus and others, and from the similarity of the names 

 to those already mentioned in the English collections, 

 their origin is clearly indicated. 



The late Peter Henderson was the first to intro- 

 duce into this country, direct from Japan, some of the 

 best varieties known at that time, 1863, which were on 

 exhibition in New York and Philadelphia in 1864. A 

 notice in the Gardeners Monthly, January, 1865, as a 

 footnote to a very interesting article on Chrysanthe- 

 mums by "Kuf us," is as follows : 



"Peter Henderson has three superb ones from 

 Japan, very distinct from the common forms, and which 

 will have an immense run. Orandiflorum is very large, 

 with peculiar strap shaped petals, golden yellow and 

 very double. Laciniatum beautifully fringed, magnifi- 



