By Joseph Sabine, Esq. 



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but as that name was more applicable to another sort, it 

 has been altered to that of Pale Buff. The original plant 

 flowered imperfectly in 1824, and then appeared much less 

 deserving of estimation, than it has become entitled to on its 

 second blossoming. The plants grow tall, with strong bran- 

 ches and short joints, producing their blossoms plentifully, in 

 loose clusters, on long footstalks. It is in flower in the second 

 season. The flowers have an expansion of about three inches 

 and a half, with a circumference nearly regular ; they are semi- 

 double, and exhibit a large disc. The colour of the florets 

 is pale yellow, with a dash of pale red, which is strongest at 

 their backs ; this gives a general appearance of pale buff ; the 

 disc is a brownish yellow. The florets of the ray incline 

 slightly forwards, and are of various lengths, some being 

 an inch and a half long, but others are particularly short ; 

 they are quilled half their lengths, the lower ends being very 

 slender and enlarging upwards ; the openings are at first 

 spoon-shaped, they become recurved after a time, and their 

 openings are notched ; a few short linear yellow florets, curling 

 inwards, are occasionally interspersed about the disc. At an 

 early period of their flowering, the florets of the circumference 

 are all turned towards the left, giving the semblance of a 

 Catherine wheel to their general appearance. The leaves 

 are large, dark shining green ; the divisions of the lobes are 

 moderately deep ; the lobes are variously serrated, in some 

 instances deeply ; the serratures are sharp-pointed. This 

 nas not yet been planted abroad, but will, in all likelihood, 

 succeed against a south wall. 



11. Windsor Small Yellow Chrysanthemum. Of the 

 origin of this variety we are not informed ; it was given by 



