Stem about three feet in height, smooth, and round. Branches 

 dichotomous, on which the leaves are placed opposite, with 

 numerous linear leaflets, deeply pinnated. Flowers terminating 

 the branches, generally about three, on rather long pedicels. 

 The ray of the corolla is composed of seven or eight yellow 

 petals, with deep red toward the disk. The disk is of a dark 

 browTi or red. 



This new and showy annual may be considered a great 

 acquisition to our gardens, 



" where'er she 



Rolls her dark eye, and waves her golden hair." 



From the beauty of its flowers it may be said to have eclipsed 

 all the other species of this family : the bright golden appear- 

 ance of its petals, contrasted with the rich dark disk in the 

 centre, renders it remarkably conspicuous. Its free disposition 

 to flower, and the continued succession of blooms with which 

 this plant is decked, demand for it a conspicuous place in the 

 flower-border. It is readily raised from seeds, which should 

 be sown about the middle of February in a moderate heat. 

 The young plants should be potted off when about an inch in 

 height, gradually brought into the open air, and planted in 

 the ground early in May, in light garden mould. The gaiety 

 and duration of the flowers of this annual beauty will render 

 it an ever-pleasing acquisition to the flower-border. It may 

 with good effect be planted in small beds, forming a group 

 of itself, either in the pleasure-ground or flower-garden. 



It is a native of Mexico, and was introduced in 1 824. 



This specimen was obtained from Messrs. Allen and Ro- 

 gers's Union Nursery, King's Road. 



