78 Floricultural and Botanical Notices. 



then be put into a frame, and taken into the house whenever 

 it is wanted to bloom. It is easily propagated by division of 

 the roots, or by cuttings, in the same way as phloxes or 

 dahlias. 



Art. VII. Floricultural and Botanical Notices of New and 

 Beautiful Plants, figured iii Foreign Periodicals ; with 

 descriptions of those introduced to, or originated in, Amer- 

 ican Collections. 



The Pompone Chrysanthemums. — These fine varieties of 

 the Chinese or Chusan daisy-flowered kind are rapidly gain- 

 ing favor, and will soon supplant the large-flowered ones, 

 to some extent, in the estimation of all amateurs. The im- 

 provement in the latest varieties has been very great, and 

 they are now almost as perfect in form as the ranunculus. 

 Many of the first ones which were raised were quite imper- 

 fect, wanting both in shape and variety of color ; but those 

 of 1851 and 1852 have been great improvements on the 

 older ones, and have been the admiration of all who appre- 

 ciate beautiful flowers. 



Already more than one hundred varieties have been raised, 

 mostly by the French and Belgian florists, and great ac- 

 cessions will probably be made to the list in the course of a 

 few years. Some sixty or eighty kinds have been added to 

 American collections, embracing a variety of tints and colors. 

 We have flowered upwards of fifty sorts the past autumn, 

 among them some of remarkable beauty. The following 

 are the names of a few of the very newest and best, and we 

 shall give a full description in another number : — 



Tacite, Nelly, Lais, Dame Blanche, Jason, La Rousse, 

 Graziella, Justine Tessier, Sathaniel, Rose Pompone, Jon- 

 quille, Nelly le Clerc, Louis Petou, Madame Jules d'Evry, 

 Atropos, Zephyr, Croustignac, Attala, Bouquet Parfait, Junon 

 Alveolifolium, &c., (fcc ; the last two, anemone-flowered 

 ones, and very beautiful. 



