414 Description of new Chinese Chrysanthemums, fyc. 



are irregular and of various lengths, but the outer are the 

 longest, and the inner the shortest ; the whole are purple, 

 but nearly white at their base ; quilled unequally, but on 

 an average about half the length, enlarging upwards in the 

 quilled part. The open part of each floret is flatly recurved, 

 slightly striated, and contracted at the tip. The foliage is 

 very different from all the other kinds, the leaves being large, 

 pale green, and rather hoary, the lobes moderately deep, 

 with the serratures rounded, and having sharp points. The 

 two preceding plants, with eight others, formerly described, 

 and a duplicate of the Quilled Pink,* make the whole of an 

 importation from China in the year 1821, for the success of 

 which the Society is indebted to the care and attention of 

 Captain Charles Otway Mayne, of the Atlas Indiaman. 



In the communication I have before alluded too,-f I also 

 mentioned a Chinese Chrysanthemum belonging to Mr. 

 Brookes of Ball's Pond, which had produced imperfect 

 flowers, but which I expected to be different from any yet 

 known ; a plant of this, which was presented to the Garden 

 of the Society by Mr. Brookes, has since blossomed, and it 

 is proposed to call it the Quilled Salmon-coloured Chrys- 

 anthemum. The plant is tall and rather straggling, the 

 branches being weak and slender. The blossoms come out 

 rather late in the season, and are neither very conspicuous nor 

 splendid ; they grow upright. The scent is not strong, but 

 resembles Chamomile. The buds at first are a deep orange 

 red, but as the florets expand they acquire a lighter hue, 

 approaching to pink or salmon colour. The expansion of 

 the flower is above three inches ; it is rather flat, and not 



* See Horticultural Transactions, Vol. iv. pages 334, and Vol. v. page 151, 

 and 159. f Ibid. Vol. v. page 1 59. 



