CHRYSAN THEMUM SINEN'SE. 
CHINESE CHRYSANTHEMUM. 
Class. Order. 
SYNGENESIA. POLY GAMIA SOPERFLUA. 
Natural Order. 
CORYMB I FERAi. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Cultivated 
China. 
4 feet. 
Sept. Nov. 
Perennial. 
in 1790. 
No. 120. 
Chrysanthemum, from the Greek chrusos, gold; 
and anthos, a flower. Sinense, from Sinse, the 
ancient inhabitants of a part of China. 
The numerous and beautiful varieties of the pre- 
sent species will be found in many modern works as 
the Chrysanthemum Indicum, a name given by Lin- 
neus, to a smaller species ; and as Anthemis arte- 
misisefolia, after Willdenow, in some others. 
The magnificent assemblage of Chinese Chrysan- 
themums, now in England, is chiefly of late introduc- 
tion. It comprises numerous shades of yellow, red, 
purple, and white; with a variety of tints that form 
connecting links between these more definite hues. 
Also flowers of various formation; some quilled, and 
some flat petalled, double and semi-double, full-open- 
ing and tasselled; so that fifty or sixty distinct va- 
rieties are now enumerated. 
Though these autumnal beauties are sufficiently 
hardy to bear our winters, and will sometimes blos- 
som well in sheltered situations, still they are far 
better calculated for pot culture; thus they may be 
conveniently removed into a hall, or other place of 
shelter from early frosts, which otherwise, owing to 
