336 Account of New Chinese and Indian Chrysanthemums. 



Mr. John Aiton, of Windsor, to Robert Henry Jenkin- 

 son, Esq., and by him presented to the Garden in 1824. 

 The shape of the flower prevents its being considered as 

 a sport, for it does not agree with any other kind in that par- 

 ticular, and the foliage is generally so weak and imperfect, 

 that no inference can be made respecting it, by comparison 

 of it with others. The plant is of short stature, with weak 

 branches. The flowers are produced on long footstalks, but 

 not in clusters, and are open at an early period. The flowers 

 are of small size, about two inches in diameter, with a cir- 

 cumference somewhat starry ; they are uniformly bright yel- 

 low, with occasionally, when abroad especially, a tinge of red 

 on the backs of the florets ; they do not show a disc. The 

 florets spread out almost horizontally, they are flat and 

 narrow, diminishing pretty regularly towards the centre, 

 with their ends occasionally slightly notched ; those in the 

 centre are short, linear, and erect, forming a sort of cone. 

 The leaves are small, pale green, deeply divided, and the 

 lobes are all slightly serrated, with pointed serratures. This 

 kind flowers against a wall nearly as well as under glass, but 

 from its weak habits is ill suited for such a station, when 

 compared with others of greater strength. 



12. Clustered Pink Chrysanthemum. For the first posses- 

 sion of this plant the Society is indebted to William Wells, 

 Esq. of Redleaf, it came also from the Garden at Knowle, it 

 being one of those introduced in 1824 by Captain Mayne, 

 but was not in either of Mr. Parks's Collections. The 

 early appearance of the flowers is very unpromising of beauty, 

 but they change their character after a time, and then, though 

 not strikingly handsome, from the peculiarity of their appear- 



