354 Account of the Varieties of Chinese Chrysanthemums 



sufficient perfection to afford opportunity for making correct 

 descriptions of them. 



The eagerness of collectors of curious plants for these 

 Chrysanthemums has increased with their number, and the 

 attention of this Society has been in consequence directed 

 to the introduction of others, and, I am happy to state, with 

 considerable success. In August 1819, three living plants 

 reached our garden from China, through the obliging atten- 

 tion of Captain Henry Andrews Drummond, of the 

 Castle Huntley ; one of these, which flowered early last 

 autumn, has received the name of the Quilled Flamed Yellow, 

 being quite new, and if not equal in beauty, is superior in 

 grandeur to any of the older ones; the second, on the ap- 

 pearance of its blossoms, was ascertained to be the Superb 

 White, which we before possessed ; the third is a late 

 flowering one, and though from the deficiency of light and 

 suitable temperature in the last season, it did not blossom 

 perfectly, it has shewn sufficient of its flowers to enable me 

 to decide that it is new, and to distinguish it as the Quilled 

 Pink, 



In June of the last year, from the skilful management of 

 Captain Charles Otway Mayne, of the Atlas, a box 

 containing twelve varieties, which was entrusted to his charge 

 by our active correspondent at Canton, John Reeves, Esq. 

 arrived safe, with the loss of only a single plant, so that we 

 confidently anticipate a large stock of novelties in the en- 

 suing autumn. 



I now proceed to a description of the different varieties 



which 1 have noticed ; 



t present known in our garde 



1. The Purple Chrysanthemum, has been called, the Old 



