all quilled, scarcely expanded at the points, except
Jmre and there one expanded nearly half way down.
Florets o f the disJe none. Stamens none, or barren.
Style and Stigmas short and slender, imperfect.
Our figure represents another beautiful variety of the
Chinese Chrysanthemum, lately introduced into the
Garden of the Horticultural Society, and from thence
distributed to other collections; in our opinion, the
present variety is the handsomest of all the yellow
ones, and differs from all others in its compact cluster
ot flowers ; it is one of the varieties that is most proper
tor planting out in the open ground, as it begins flowering
earlier than many of the others ; like the rest, it
may be readily increased by dividing at the root, or by
cuttings planted under hand-glasses ; when grown in
pots, they are the most proper plants for ornamenting
rooms, or greenhouses, in Autumn.
"pie present variety has, in general, a naked receptacle,
or IS very slightly chafly ; some of the others
are thinly, others thickly clothed with chafT; our
opinion IS, that the chaffy ones are mulesi.,and have
been fertilized by the Chinese with the pollen of some
species of Anthemis, perhaps A. apiifolia, or some
nearly related species.
S tig ra r'^ Floret- Cermcn, Style, and