cultivated in England. By Joseph Sabine, Esq. 35$ 



they have less tendency to produce suckers, which are un- 

 sightly. Although August is the best season to make the 

 general propagation, cuttings of the branches or stem may 

 be struck at any other period of the year. 



Plants raised in pots in the manner described will gene- 

 rally have a single stem, but should never be allowed to 

 carry more than two. As these, at the flowering season, will 

 be of considerable height, they must be supported by sticks. 

 If it be desired to have the plants with shorter stems, the 

 pots should be placed on bricks, or otherwise detached 

 from the ground through the summer, and they should 

 be sparingly watered ; but the consequence of this treat- 

 ment will be the production of inferior flowers. The Chi- 

 nese are represented to limit the production of flowers to a 

 single one on each plant by the destruction of the other 

 blossom buds, and in consequence the flower thus kept be- 

 comes considerably larger than we are used to have them. 



The number of the varieties of these Chrysanthemums to 

 be found in the gardens in China is very great indeed ; the 

 Society is in possession of forty original drawings, recently 

 made in that country, from growing specimens, not above 

 tour of which are referable to those plants which have been 

 now described. Twelve of these drawings represent white 

 flowers, which are perhaps the least estimable, but those 

 which have a permanent tinge of pink added to the white, 

 are peculiarly beautiful ; the remainder are made up of yel- 

 lows, lilacs, reds, and purples, in great variety of appearance, 

 with florets either perfectly quilled, expanded and long, or 

 short, so as to form a globose flower. All those varieties 

 which may be considered deserving of notice, and other new 



