324 Account of New Chinese and Indian Chrysanthemums. 



Besides these, a few more novelties have been added to the 

 collection from other quarters ; Mr. Reeves, who returned to 

 England on board the Warren Hastings in 1824, brought 

 with him a few Chrysanthemums, which he gave to Mr. 

 Samuel Brookes, of Ball's Pond, who presented plants of 

 them to the Society. Two of these are new ; the first of 

 them is similar to one of Mr. Parks's, the other is a distinct 

 kind. Captain Mayne, whose services in the introduction of 

 Chrysanthemums for the Society in the year 1820 has been 

 recorded in its Transactions,* also brought a collection of 

 Chrysanthemums from China in 1824; these he presented 

 to the late Duchess of Dorset, for the Garden at Knowle, 

 having previously given cuttings of them to William Wells, 

 Esq. of Redleaf. The Society received from Mr. Wells, 

 as well as from Mr. Ashworth, the Gardener at Knowle, 

 plants of these. Several of them turned out to be old kinds, 

 but one has proved entirely new, and another of them cor- 

 responds with the new kind above noticed, brought by Mr. 

 Reeves, as well as by Mr. Parks. These, with the addi- 

 tion of one, the origin of which is not known, and of two dis- 

 tinct varieties recently raised from sports, in this country, 

 and hitherto undescribed, constitute the twenty- one new 

 Chrysanthemums now to be noticed. This addition, to the 

 twenty-seven sorts previously described,f makes our collec- 

 tion of varieties amount to forty-eight. 



These have been introduced into the gardens of England 

 at the following times, and in the ways stated. One was sent 

 from Paris to the Royal Garden at Kew in 1 790, having been 



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

 f See Horticultural Transactions, Vol. v. page 419-422. 



