By Joseph Sabine, Esq. 



The past autumn was very unfavourable to the flowering 

 of the Chinese Chrysanthemums ; they generally blossomed 

 indifferently, and even those protected by houses, and ap- 

 parently managed with the greatest skill, did not succeed. 

 The best shew of them which came under my notice, was on 

 the south wall of the Arboretum in the garden of the Horti- 

 cultural Society, against which all the twenty-seven varieties 

 had been planted. The whole were trained during the 

 summer to the wall, each plant having the branches placed 

 very close together in a fan-like manner. Notwithstanding 

 the unpropitiousness of the season, the whole collection grew 

 well, and the greater part blossomed in perfection. I am con- 

 sequently enabled to give the following view of their respec- 

 tive qualities in such a situation, which I consider by far the 

 most preferable for them in the open air. When placed 

 against a south wall they will stand the severity of such a 

 winter as that of 1822-3, which was very trying generally to 

 tender plants, without other protection than mulching their 

 roots. It is desirable that the old roots should remain, and 

 not be replaced by young plants when thus cultivated, be- 

 cause the stronger they are, the more branches will be pro- 

 duced, and on the number of these the superiority of their 

 beauty depends. 



1. Purple. Blossoms early and well, with rich colour. 

 Foliage good and perfect, but thin. Plant not strong, and 

 the branches short. 



2. Changeable White. Blossoms early and freely, exhibiting 

 its changeable character better than in any other situation. Fo- 

 liage good, but thin. Plant not strong, and the branches short. 



3. Quilled White. Blossoms the earliest, and freely, be- 



