Plate 85. 
VARIETIES OE POMPONE CHRYSANTHEMUM. 
Chrysanthemum sinense, vars . 
It could hardly have been foreseen, when Mr. Fortune intro¬ 
duced his little “ Chusan Daisy,” that it would be the parent of 
so numerous and beautiful a progeny as the varieties of “ Pom- 
pones f’ and it is only another instance to be added to those 
very numerous ones already existing, of what the skill, perse¬ 
verance, and judgment of the Florists have effected. 
The dwarfer and more compact character of the growth of 
this class of Chrysanthemums has rendered them greater fa¬ 
vourites even than the larger varieties; but it has at the same 
time caused them to be the subjects of various styles of training, 
which are about as ornamental as the Yews and Hollies cut 
into various shapes, which we sometimes see in old-fashioned 
gardens. Permitting themselves to be twisted and turned in 
every direction, they have been trained as pyramids, balloons, or 
with flat tops, like a table, until the character of the floAver has 
been entirely lost. A better state of things has been inaugurated 
during the past season, the Royal Horticultural Society having 
offered prizes for the most naturally grown plants; and although, 
as in the case of all flowers intended for exhibition, a certain 
amount of training is necessary, yet the character of the flower 
has been preserved. 
Their culture is excessively easy, as they strike readily; and, 
with a little care, grow very rapidly. We consider that the 
better plan is, instead of shifting them some three or four times 
during their period of growth, to place them at once from the 
cutting-pot into the pots in which they are intended to bloom,— 
about eleven inches in diameter. The compost used should be 
moderately rich, but at the same time strong, and rather reten¬ 
tive of moisture, drought being very injurious to them; they 
