344 Account of the Varieties of Chinese Chrysanthemums 



lilac, more brilliant and shewy, though paler than the old 

 purple ; the florets are numerous, and expand flatly, always 

 exhibiting, when fully blown, a disc of short yellow florets, 

 so as fairly to be called a semidouble flower. The interior 

 florets are paler, and so give the inside part of the flower an 

 appearance of whiteness ; they have more resemblance to 

 China Asters than any of the other kinds. The flowers stand 

 well upright, and their expansion is upwards of three inches, 

 looking grand and handsome, though rather ragged or irre- 

 gular when in full blow. The florets, before they expand, 

 are curled over the centre, quite hiding the disc ; the interior 

 are shorter than the exterior florets ; they are tubular, opening 

 variously, but generally the tube is longer than the lip, except 

 in the interior florets, which are more expanded ; the inside 

 of the tube and of the lip is almost white, the outside of the 

 tube is coloured, some little purple stain is also at times in 

 the inside of the lip ; the florets, though numerous, in con- 

 sequence of the length of their tubes, appear to stand dis- 

 tinct from each other. The leaves are very large and strong, 

 very deeply indented, with the sides of the lobes contiguous, 

 having their smaller divisions round, with sharp points. 

 This, with the Quilled White, as before mentioned, was 

 introduced in September, 1808, by Captain Welstead for 

 Sir Abraham Hume. It is not noticed in the second 

 edition of the Hortus Kezvensis, but is the variety f Purpurea, 

 or Semidouble Purple, of Sweet s Hortus Suburbanus. 



10. The Rose or Pink Chrysanthemum, called also the 

 Lilac. It grows shorter than the Purple, usually under four 

 feet in height, with numerous stems, and abundance of 

 flowers standing on shortish foot-stalks. The flowers come 



