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other, and near to the first flower, forming with it a thick 

 cluster or corymb. The florets are very numerous ; they are 

 short and project, composing a very regular and compact 

 double flower, having very much the appearance of shell-work ; 

 the external florets are broad, and flatly expanded, having two 

 longitudinal furrows on their under surface, they are notched 

 at their ends ; the florets in the centre are irregularly dis- 

 posed, and are very convex ; these at first, when unexpanded, 

 appear smaller, and grow so thick together, that they give 

 the centre of the flower a peculiar appearance at its first 

 opening. The backs of all the florets are tinged with a 

 purplish pink, less intense in the middle, than in the outer 

 ones ; the front of all is white, but has a gentle blush caused 

 by the transparency of the substance of the floret, showing 

 the purple colour from behind. After the flowers have been 

 open for some time, the outer florets become tinged with 

 purple. The leaves are somewhat recurved and have a crisp 

 appearance, they are much indented, their lobes are im- 

 bricated, and the serratures of the lobes are deep and sharp 

 pointed. The blossoms are produced freely in the open 

 air against a wall, but the plants appear to suffer by the 

 exposure. 



5. Tasselled Yellow Chrysanthemum. The original plant 

 was brought from China by Mr. Parks in 1824, on board 

 the Lowther Castle, and was noted in his list as the New 

 Sulphur Yellow; it was subsequently called Parks's Large 

 Yellow; its present name seems more appropriate. It 

 is a fine variety, growing tall and blossoming early, much at 

 the same time with the Old Sulphur Yellow, from which it 

 differs in having its flowers more clustered, rather darker 



