o48 Account of the Varieties of Chinese Chrysanthemums 



sionally produces a sporting branch, bearing the flowers of 

 the Buff, which sports in a similar way into the Rose, but 

 these are all the instances of such unsteadiness of character, 

 which only takes place between kinds whose leaves are 

 similar. The misconception relative to a greater variation, 

 has arisen from the observers not being aware, how very re- 

 markably the appearance of the flowers is affected by a 

 good or bad season. The Quilled, the Superb, and the 

 Tasselled Whites all require bright weather to preserve the 

 purity of their appearance; they become tinged with red if 

 the season is cloudy or dull, and especially as the blossoms 

 decay. The Changeable White is affected in a contrary 

 manner; unusual warmth of situation or climate occasions 

 the exhibition of purple on its florets, which is in fact an 

 effort of nature to restore itself to its original colour. With 

 cold or decay the Sulphur Yellow gets a tinge of dull red, 

 and then approaches nearer to the Golden Yellow, but 

 is still decidedly different. The Rose, the Buff, and the 

 Spanish Brown lose the brilliancy of their colours with bad 

 weather, and the two latter become more yellow, but never- 

 theless, keep true to their characters. 



I have quoted all the plates which have been engraved in 

 our periodical botanical works of these beautiful plants, and 

 lament that the whole have not been thus given to their 

 admirers. Only five have yet been figured, these are the 

 Purple, the Changeable White, the Quilled White, the Superb 

 White, and the Golden Yellow. 



In addition to the preceding twelve kinds, I now proceed 

 to give descriptions of the two new varieties which flowered in 

 the present autumn for the first time, having been introduced 



