156 Further Account of Chinese Chrysanthemums* 



Chamomile, but not so strong as to be disagreeable. The 

 florets at first are a rich lake inclining to purple in front, the 

 backs are paler, and shine, but after a time the whole of the 

 colour becomes paler. The expansion of a good flower is 

 three inches. The florets are numerous and quite fill up 

 the flower, leaving no disc, they are narrow, and appear most 

 irregular in their direction when expanded, before they 

 expand they are confusedly curled inwards, bending over 

 each other, but after the flower has been fully blown, there 

 remains no incurvation in the centre ; the florets are quilled 

 a little way at bottom, and then expand flatly, but do not 

 remain in any uniform or orderly direction. The leaves 

 are dullish green, small, deeply indented, and the lobes are 

 distant ; the serratures are rounded, and terminated by sharp 

 points. 



6. Superb Clustered Yellovj Chrysanthemum. It is very 

 striking in its general appearance, as well as handsome when 

 more closely examined ; it is excellent for the border, since 

 the flowers shew conspicuously, and are not materially da- 

 maged by bad weather. The plant has a long strong stem, 

 putting forth short branches, at the end of each of which is 

 produced a cluster of yellow flowers, usually from four to six, 

 their footstalks being very short, and consequently, when the 

 blossoms are opened, the whole cluster seems like one large 

 flower. It comes into flower rather later than the last, but 

 still ranks with the early kinds. It has the usual Chamomile 

 scent. The yellow colour is that of bright gamboge, and is 

 the same over the whole flower ; it is darker and more intense 

 than the colour of either of our old yellow kinds. The 

 flowers individually are small, expanding something more 



