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XXXI. Account of the Cultivation of Chinese Chrysanthe- 

 mums in the Garden of the Horticultural Society. By 

 Mr. Donald Munro, F. L. S. Gardener to the Society. 



Read January 17, 1826. 



Since the first establishment of the Garden of the Horticul- 

 tural Society in the year 1818, and more especially since its 

 removal to Chiswick in 1823, considerable attention has been 

 paid to the cultivation of the Chinese Chrysanthemums. An 

 account of the practice which was in use in the year 1820 has 

 been published* in the Transactions, but it has been so varied 

 and improved upon, from time to time, that the present mode 

 has now become entirely different from what it then was, 

 and it seems therefore necessary to detail the system under 

 which the plants are now exhibited in such a state of per- 

 fection, as even perhaps to rival their appearance in their 

 native country. It is however but just to state, that the great 

 improvement alluded to, is derived from the information 

 communicated by Mr. Joseph Wells f to the Horticultural 

 Society at the end of the year 182-1. Fresh experiments will 

 doubtless be made in this branch of gardening, for the Chrys- 

 anthemums have now become so essential to the perfection of 

 a flower garden, that they will certainly henceforth attract 

 the attention and care of all collectors and cultivators. The 

 present mode may consequently in a few years become as 



* See Horticultural Transactions, Vol. iv. page 352. 

 t See Horticultural Transactions, Vol. iv. page 571. 



