DO FLORA DOMESTICA. 



or October, and transplanted into separate pots in March; 

 it will be necessary to shelter these young shoots in frosty 

 weather, and to keep the earth moist. 



The Garden Chrysanthemum, sometimes called the 

 Cretan, or Cretan Corn Marygold, is yellow ; it flowers in 

 June. This is an annual plant, and generally raised in a hot- 

 bed. It is not, however, very tender ; and cuttings planted 

 in autumn, and kept in the house in the winter, will, if in a 

 tolerably warm situation, take root, and flower well in the 

 summer. 



The common Ox-eye, likewise called Ox-eye Daisy, 

 Maudlin-wort, and Moon-flower, is a perennial plant, very 

 common in dry pastures, corn-fields, &c. It is called in 

 French, la marguerite gi^ande [great daisy] ; la grande 

 paquettc ; Vccil de boeuflos. eye]; rceilde bouc [goat's eye]: 

 and in Italian, leucantenio [white flower] ; la viargheritina 

 maggiore [great daisy] ; Vocchio di buc [ox eye]. The 

 flower is white, with a yellow eye. It has been much re- 

 commended for its medicinal virtues, but does not appear 

 to have established its reputation in this respect: the 

 young leaves are eaten in salads ; and it is said are, in 

 Padua, much esteemed for this purpose. It continues in 

 blossom from May till July ; will live in the open air ; and 

 should, as well as all the other kinds, be kept moist. 



There are several other species, which generally re- 

 quire the same treatment ; that is, moderate watering, and 

 winter shelter. 



The common Corn Marygold, which belongs to this 

 genus, known in France by the name of la marguerite 

 Jaime [yellow daisy] ; souci des champs [field marygold] ; 

 soupi des bits [corn marygold] ; and in Italy, by those of 

 crisantemo [gold flower] ; and marghcrita gialla [yellow 

 daisy] ; is seldom grown in gardens : it is very common 

 in corn-fields ; and, as Linnaeus observes, though their 



