4 18 Description of new Chinese Chrysanthemums, fyc. 



small yellow disc. The florets are numerous, spread wide, 

 and are rather flaccid, they are of the purest white, flat and 

 broad, without quills, of various lengths, so that the circum- 

 ference of the flower is irregular, those in the centre are 

 the shortest, especially when there is no disc. The leaves 

 are a deep green, with rather shallow indentures overlapping 

 each other ; the serratures are bluntly pointed. The pecu- 

 liar excellence and characteristic of this variety is the perfect 

 whiteness of its blossoms, their purity exceeds that of any 

 other kind we have, and I may almost venture to add, that 

 of any known flower. 



I expected that in the last season I should have been ena- 

 bled to have announced, under the name of the Pale Pink 

 Chrysanthemum, one other novelty, to the collectors of these 

 plants, but it is not yet sufficiently established to be so con- 

 sidered. In November 1822, a branch of the Rose or Pink 

 Chrysanthemum, produced in Mr. Colvill's nursery at 

 Chelsea, one branch, the flowers of which were similar to 

 those on the other branches in all points, except in colour. 

 Cuttings taken from this branch were struck, but they did 

 not produce flowers in the last season, we consequently can- 

 not affirm the establishment of the sport as permanent. The 

 flowers, instead of being one uniform colour, were nearly 

 white in the middle ; and as the florets receded from the 

 centre, they became slightly tinged with pink or flesh colour, 

 the florets on the outside being still deeper, and nearly as 

 much coloured as those of the original plant. They had 

 the appearance of having been produced in the shade, but 

 which could not have been the case, because the remainder 

 of the flowers on the same plant were coloured as deeply as 

 they usually are. 



