By Joseph Sabine, Esq. 151 



In my former communication,* I mentioned that the So- 

 ciety was in possession of eleven different kinds, imported for 

 them by Captain Mayne, in the year 1820; of these eight 

 have blossomed well this season, in the garden of the So- 

 ciety, making a valuable addition to our former stock, the 

 number of the kinds formerly noticed were fourteen, that of 

 the whole collection, therefore, is now twenty-two. I pro- 

 ceed to describe the new varieties. 



1. Early Crimson Chrysanthemum. Whether we regard 

 the period of the flowering of this variety, the abundance of 

 its flowers, or their rich colour, it will be considered one of 

 the foremost in value. The plant does not grow strong or 

 tall, but is disposed to throw up several stems, each stem 

 bearing many branches, and each of these again producing so 

 many flowers, that they may be said to grow in clusters. It 

 blossoms even before the Quilled White, which is much the 

 earliest of the old sorts. The flowers smell as usual of Cha- 

 momile, but not disagreeably so, and at their first opening 

 their scent is considered by some persons even pleasant ; 

 their colour exactly accords with Werner's Red Lake,* but 

 may fairly be called crimson, being very bright ; the whole 

 flower is slightly pendent ; the expansion of a good blossom 

 is about three inches, the florets are nearly all ligulate, they 

 are numerous, and lie close over each other, projecting a little 

 forward, and then recurving ; they do not usually diminish 

 much in length towards the centre, consequently, the middle 

 of the flower appears not filled up, as it is in the Buff and 

 Rose Chrysanthemums ; sometimes, however, there are a few 



* Horticultural Transactions, Vol. iv. page 334. 



f Werners Nomenclature of Colours by Patrick Synie. 



