THE CHRYSANTHEMUM, AND ITS CULTURE. 
as could be written ; but it seems that the Chrys- 
anthemum, like many other subjects, wants 
more care than nurserymen will bestow. 
Clustered yellow was in all the winning 
stands, and there were many pots of it besides, 
and our description from well-grown speci- 
mens would be thus : — 
Clustered Yellow. — A noble round 
bright yellow flower ; very full on the face 
with exceedingly good centre petals, inclined 
to cup, and altogether one of the best show- 
flowers, according to the properties laid 
down. 
Goliah, another grand flower, was ex- 
hibited, as large as a middling-sized dahlia. 
The petals of this flower curl upwards and 
turn over inwards, showing the back of the 
petal, but very uniformly closing into as 
splendid a bloom as ever we saw, forming 
almost a cone, but rounded. The colour is 
pale, but it is darkened gradually on one side, 
like an apple or other fruit ; the shading is so 
gradual though it deepens. The centre of 
this flower is good, though made up as it were 
by the curling petals meeting in the middle. 
We are quite within bounds in saying that 
Goliah was four inches across, and beautifully 
formed, the outline as true as a drawn circle. 
Two coloured incurved is a noble flower, 
the front of the petals one colour, the back 
another, and all the petals sufficiently incurved 
to show the backs. The face is rather hollow, 
but it is a bright-looking flower in a stand. 
One of the neatest and best formed of all is 
Annie Salter ; a small flower, bright yellow, 
with reflexed petals, laying well, and forming 
two-thirds of a ball. There is nothing among 
the whole tribe so completely a show-flower 
as this little pet, though it is very small com- 
pared with many favourites. 
Most of the Chrysanthemums in present 
cultivation, even the best, have curled, or, as 
they are called, incurved petals ; generally 
loose and irregular ; but there are a few and 
very few, that make up well, that is to say, 
that are symmetrical when full bloomed, and 
form a sort of half-globular flower, close 
enough to pass well in a stand. The publica- 
tion of the names of these will give our Con- 
tinental friends a good notion of what will pass 
current among florists; and we strongly advise 
all who intend to commence the cultivation 
of this flower, to confine themselves entirely 
to those we mention until they see something 
better, for the descriptions now publishing are 
altogether false, and we in vain, in a very 
large collection, sought for more ; we proceed, 
however, to describe them. 
Campestroni, purplish red, very full, toler- 
ably round ; a good full size, showing the 
dull underside of the petal by reason of its 
curling, the centre full of petals, but sunk. 
Beauty is after the fashion of Goliah, but 
not so compact. The flower forms well, be- 
cause, although the centre is thin, the petals 
curl over, and make up a nice globular and 
somewhat rich-looking flower. 
King is blush pink, curling like others, but 
making up into a showy, bold, round, good 
flower ; centre pretty round, and general 
appearance rich. 
Aristides is a fine orange-coloured medium- 
sized flower, very bold and full, desirable on 
account of its being the best of its colour, and 
showable. 
Defiance, large white, forms a good round 
flower by the petals curling inwards, so that 
the outside of them is shown ; the petals are 
not so thick as some, but the style is very 
pretty. 
Lucidum, a blush white; made up much in 
the same way by the petals curling inwards ; 
full-sized, and very pretty. 
Formosa is also a very pretty white, but 
not so large as some others ; forms a nice 
globular flower, although the petals are not so 
full as many of the sorts. 
These few are all that we should grow of 
the great number we have seen, and all we 
should recommend others to grow. There 
may be some new ones to come out in the 
season, and one especially that we at present 
do not know the name of, but which we mean 
to recommend to make up a dozen. It is of 
no use recommending a parcel of misshapen 
flowers that present no good qualities. It is 
wasting ground, and pots, and house-room to 
cultivate them. As, however, there are some 
who may wish to buy less than a dozen, the 
principal object will be to judge from the 
above descriptions which are the best, regard 
being had to diversified colours. The general 
management of the Chrysanthemum for the 
year round may be thus laid down : — 
January. — In this month most of the flowers 
will be gone, and the plants may be cut down to 
within three inches of the pot, and placed in the 
pits, where they can be covered up, or plunged 
in rows in the ground, to be hooped over, or 
covered with dry loose litter. Those which 
have not done flowering should have decaying 
blooms removed as fast as they decline. If 
the soil has wasted in the pots so that they 
are not full, fresh earth may be put to fill the 
pots, as the earth is some protection to the 
crowns of the roots, and it prevents water from 
lodging in the pots. 
February. — Continue as in January, 
taking out and providing for the bloomed 
plants, protecting against hard weather : the 
pits, or frames and lights should be left open, 
and the plants on all occasions uncovered in 
mild weather. 
March. — The balls may be turned out of 
