Plate 53. 
NEW POMPON CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
Pyrethrum sinense , vars. 
The race of dwarf Chrysanthemums called Pompons, owes 
its origin to the variety called the Chusan Daisy, brought not 
many years since by Mr. Fortune from China. The result of 
the intermixture of this with the larger-flowered kinds, has 
further produced what are called hybrid Pompons. These two 
smaller-blossomed groups have added very much to the in¬ 
terest of this popular autumnal flower; and it is some of the 
new forms of these races, which made their appearance last 
autumn, which are represented in the accompanying Plate. 
The variety called Canary Bird , which was commended by 
the Floral Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society, is 
very dwarf and compact in habit, and a free-bloomer, producing 
flower-heads about an inch and a half in diameter, with smooth 
closely imbricated florets, of a clear canary-yellow, full to the 
centre, forming in profile a compact half-globe. Jessie is of si¬ 
milar habit, but the flower-heads are rather larger, somewhat 
flatter, and of a different shade of palish-yellow, flushed towards 
the outside with a reddish-buff tinge. Florence is a very attrac¬ 
tive sort, dwarf and free in habit, with the flower-heads of a 
very pleasing colour, a deep cherry-red, the centre of the florets 
being paler. These three varieties, which are desirable addi- 
Plate 53.— Pyeethrtjm sinense, varieties :— 
Pig. 1. Canary Bird (right-hand fig.): pompon; flower-heads small, 
clear canary-yellow, full double. 
Jessie (left-hand fig.) : pompon; flower-heads medium size, 
yellow, stained with buff towards the edge, of good form. 
Fig. 2. Florence : pompon; flower-heads medium size, full, the florets 
deep cherry-red, with light centre. 
Fig. 3. The Lady Mayoress : hybrid pompon ; flower-heads pure white. 
