350 Account of the Varieties of Chinese Chrysanthemums 



of a good flower in future years. The leaves are of mode- 

 rate size, deeply indented, and have their smaller serratures 

 sharp-pointed. Mr. Hooker has made a drawing of the 

 variety in full flower, which I have now the pleasure to 

 exhibit. 



The other new one I have named the Quilled Pink Chrys- 

 anthemum. It is one of the late flowering kinds, and has pro- 

 duced but very imperfect blossoms at present, but we are ena- 

 bled to form a judgment of what it will be when stronger, 

 from the Chinese drawing of the variety, which is in the 

 Society's Collection. The plant grows tall and upright. 

 The florets are all quilled, with very minute openings at the 

 top, and are of various lengths, rather club-shaped, increas- 

 ing in size upwards from the base, the whole being beauti- 

 fully tinged with a delicate pink ; the expansion of the flower 

 is considerable. The leaves are large, with wide and deep 

 indentations, the serratures rounded, with blunt points; the 

 whole of the under part of the leaves is ifnusually soft and 

 velvety to the touch, being densely covered with short 

 hairs. 



As it is the object and wish of the Council of the Horti- 

 cultural Society to make public the novelties they may 

 acquire, of whatever description, with as much expedition 

 as possible, plants of both these new varieties have been pre- 

 sented to every Nurseryman near London connected with 

 the Society, so that in the next season it is hoped that being 

 in the possession of so many skilful propagators, they will 

 become more known and more plentiful than some of the 

 others which have been longer established in the country. 



The usual method of managing the Chinese Chrysanthe- 



