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a list of forty-eight in the Horticultural Transactions; and in 1833, Mr. 
Haworth published a descriptive list of them in the Gardener’s Magazine, 
classing them in the seven following divisions :—1, Ranunculus-flowered ; 
2, Incurved; 3, China Aster-flowered; 4, Marigold-flowered; 5, Clus¬ 
tered ; 6, Tasselled; and 7, Quilled. 
It is not known which was the first Chinese Chrysanthemum grown in 
England, as Miller is said to have cultivated one or two in the Chelsea 
Botanical Gardens in 1764, the names of which have not been handed down 
to us. These soon died; but in 1790, a plant of what is now called the 
old purple, was sent to Kew; and this kind having flowered in Colville’s 
Nursery at Chelsea, in November 1795, was figured in the Botanical 
Magazine for that year. The old white, which is supposed to have been 
an accidental shoot from the old purple, was the next. After this many 
varieties were introduced from China, and some seedlings from France. 
The first person, however, that raised seedling Chrysanthemums in this 
country, was Mr. Wheeler, a nurseryman at Oxford, in 1832 ; and soon 
afterwards some varieties were raised in Jersey, which have proved so 
beautiful as almost to throw the old kinds out of cultivation. These 
Jersey varieties were raised by a person of the name of Webb, a confec¬ 
tioner in the island ; and his whole stock, amounting to between three and 
four thousand seedlings, was purchased by Messrs. Chandler, who have 
selected the best, which they have sold under the name of the Jersey Chry¬ 
santhemums. Mr. Salter, of Versailles, has lately sent to England a 
number of seedlings raised in the south of France, some of which are said 
to be very beautiful; but as they were only introduced in the spring of 
1840, and as the last winter was a very unfavourable one for Chrysan¬ 
themums, they have not yet flowered satisfactorily in this country. 
The following is a list of some of the best Chrysanthemums grown by 
Messrs. Chandler:— 
EARLY. 
Queen. —The flowers double, and a little 
quilled, of a light rose-colour. 
Marquis. — Pale rose-coloured, double 
flowers, produced in clusters. 
Gra7idis. —Large flesh-coloured flowers, with 
flat florets. 
Bicolor. —A dwarf plant, with small, very 
double, white and yellow flowers. 
Vesta.— Large white, cup-shaped flowers. 
Formosum. —Incurved white flowers with a 
lemon-coloured centre. 
Imperial. —Large, incurved French white 
flowers. 
Victory. —A dwarf plant, with large white 
flowers, that have the florets reflexed and 
flat. 
Goliath. —Very large cream-coloured in¬ 
curved flowers. 
To these may be added the following, which are quite new :— 
Beauty, with light pink incurved flowers. Phyllis, with small lemon-coloured flowers. 
Conductor, with buff or orange-coloured Floribundo, with quilled pink flowers, 
small flowers. 
