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the Rose or Pink being derived from that originally by sport- 

 ing; and this is therefore its offspring, through the inter- 

 mediation of its sport. In the open border and against a 

 wall this kind grows well, and its flowers so circumstanced 

 are very similar to those produced under glass. 



2. Early Blush Chrysanthemum. Two plants of this 

 variety were brought home by Mr. Parks, in the Lowther 

 Castle, in 1824, and were noted by him under the different 

 names of Double Blush and Double White, they were pro- 

 bably obtained at different periods of their blossoming, for 

 after the flowers have been for some time opened they lose 

 much of their coloured tinge, and thus the two names may 

 be accounted for. Captain Mayne brought this plant with 

 him from China in the same season, on board his ship the 

 Atlas, and by him it was presented to the late Duchess of 

 Dorset, in whose Garden at Knowle, as well as in that of 

 Mr. Wells at Redleaf, the kind had obtained the name 

 of the New Blush Chrysanthemum. The imported plants 

 blossomed at the above places, as well as in the Garden of 

 the Horticultural Society, in 1824, but more perfectly in 

 the present year. It is now called the Early Blush, from 

 the period at which the flowers expand ; they are open nearly 

 as soon as those of the Quilled White, but far surpass that 

 kind in beauty. The flowers are produced very freely, grow- 

 ing in loose clusters ; they may be called nearly double, though 

 they exhibit a moderately sized disk ; they have an expansion 

 of about three inches, but their circumference is not regular. 

 The florets at first project forwards, and then turn outwards 

 with a slight curvature backwards ; they diminish in length 

 pretty regularly from the outside, but do not become very 



