346 Account of the Varieties of Chinese Chrysanthemums 



Hortus Kewensis, and the variety 0, Lilacina, or Lilac-co- 

 loured, of Sweet's Hortus Suburbanus. 



11. The Buff or Orange Chrysanthemum, called also the 

 Copper-coloured. This nearly agrees with the Rose in all 

 points, except the colour of its flowers ; but it is in general 

 rather shorter in growth and the scent of the blossoms is 

 different from the others, and is thought to resemble slightly 

 that of a Wall-flower. The florets are yellow, tinged both 

 behind and before with purple, so as to form a dingy orange 

 or reddish buff ; the edges of the florets are yellow, and the 

 centre florets having more of the yellow, causes the inside of 

 the flower to look paler : the late flowers have still more 

 yellow, some are almost entirely of that colour. This is a 

 very handsome variety. The original plant, with that of the 

 Rose, was introduced by Captain Pendergast for Sir 

 Abraham Hume, in October, 1798, as above stated. This 

 kind first sported, and produced some rose flowers at Mr. 

 Vere's garden at Kensington Gore, two or three years after 

 it was imported. It is the variety ^ or Copper-coloured, of 

 the second edition of the Hortus Kewensis, and the variety *, 

 Cuprea, or Copper-coloured, of Sweet's Hortus Subur- 

 banus. 



12. The Spanish Brown Chrysanthemum, called by some 

 the Brown and by others the Scarlet. It grows shorter than 

 all the others, bearing a few flowers with stems and footstalks 

 more rigid than usual ; it approaches the characters of the 

 Rose and the Buff more than of any other, but it flowers 

 later than those varieties, having the scent of Chamomile, 

 though not unpleasantly strong. The flowers are a deep 

 brown orange, deeper in the centre, which when very 



