cultivated in England. By Jos e p ii S a b r n e , Esq . 329 



therefore it is inferred that he did not consider the Chrysan- 

 themum Indicum and the Chinese Chrysanthemums as iden- 

 tified. But the most remarkable confirmation of this opinion 

 is, that the Chinese Chrysanthemums are most accurately 

 described as cultivated in the gardens of Holland in 1688, by 

 Breynius,* a writer of considerable merit and note, whose 

 work could not be unknown to or unobserved by Linnjeus. 

 Breynius calls them " Matricaria Japonica maxima, flore 

 roseo sive suave-rubente pleno elegantissimo, Nobis ;f Kycho- 

 nophane, Japonensibus" and no less than six varieties, " flo- 

 ribus suave-rubentibus, candidissimis, purpureis, luteo-obso- 

 letis, carneis atque phoeniceis," are mentioned. These plants 

 were subsequently lost in the Dutch gardens, for no further 

 account of them, except that given by Breynius, can be 

 traced, nor were the gardeners of Holland acquainted with 

 them when again introduced into Europe. 



Those who still continue the application of the name of 

 Chrysanthemum Indicum to the Chinese Chrysanthemums, 

 admit them, I believe, to be distinct varieties from those de- 

 scribed by LinnjEUs, whilst the persons who advocate the 

 opposite opinion consider Chrysanthemum Indicum as only 

 applicable to the plants with small flowers, and the others 

 as belonging to the genus Anthemis. 



There is no doubt but that the plants which are held to be 

 the real Chrysanthemum Indicum exist in China, though, 

 from the want of beauty in comparison with the more bril- 

 liant Chinese Chrysanthemums, they have not been selected 

 as worthy of being transmitted to Europe : but as they will 



* Breynius Prodromus Plantar urn rariorum secundus, &c. page 66. 

 f Kiko no Fanna, is one of the names by which Thunbmg in his Flora 

 Japonica states that these plants are known in Japan. 



