162 Further Account of Chinese Chrysanthemums. 



At the beginning of this Paper I described the advantages 

 which these plants afforded to the possessors of glazed houses, 

 but I must not be understood thereby to discourage the 

 planting the Chinese Chrysanthemum in the open border 

 where several of them flourish, and even continue flowering 

 late in the season, though their beauty is much prolonged by 

 the shelter of a house. Of the old sorts the Rose and the 

 Buff are most commonly planted in the open border, besides 

 these, the Purple, the Changeable White, and the Golden 

 Yellow do well under similar circumstances, and the Superb 

 White, and Tasseled White also blossom well, late, when 

 planted out. Of the new varieties, the Superb clustered 

 Yellow, and the Curled Lilac will answer best for the same 

 purpose, and with these the Semi-double White may also be 

 planted. 



To look well in the border, the plants should be large, 

 and with many stems ; their flowers are consequently more 

 numerous, and produce a greater effect at a distance. The 

 appearance of the flowers on many of the kinds is very dif- 

 ferent when blossoming in the borders from those which 

 expand under glass, so much so, that they might be easily 

 mistaken by an unexperienced observer for different varieties. 

 My descriptions, in all cases, except that of the Semi-double 

 White, has been made from housed plants. 



