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The varieties differ in the shape of their leaves, 

 some having their serratures much deeper cut 

 than others, whilst the ends of the serratures are 

 sharp and pointed, and in other kinds bluntly 

 rounded. In some of the varieties the foliage is 

 strongly aromatic ; in others, slightly so, or quite 

 scentless; the flowers vary equally in this re- 

 spect, the old Purple or Ruby-coloured Chrysan- 

 themum being strongly and agreeably aromatic. 

 Some of the kinds have a perfume similar to that 

 of honey, but the odour of the greater number is 

 lii^e that of the Chamomile flower. 



Nature, as if not satisfied in diversifying the 

 colours of these flowers, has also varied the for- 

 mation of the florets, by which the changes are 

 considerably augmented, and the varieties so 

 perfectly distinct, that the quilled flov\^ers have 

 not at all the same character and appearance as 

 those with florets half tubular and half ligulate, 

 whilst others that expand with petals perfectly 

 ligulate or flat, bear a resemblance to the shape 

 of a China Aster ; and others, with tubular flo- 

 rets in the centre, and rays of plain ones in the 

 circumference, give the seducing form of a beau- 

 tiful Ranunculus. Some of the kinds have their 

 florets so disposed in the calyx as to form a kind 

 of tassel when half expanded, and when fully 

 open they remind us of a French powder-puff. 



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