314 THE DAISY FAMILY. 



again, shewing the tenacity with which plants cling to spots where 

 they have once flourished. FI. August. 



E.*B. xiv. 980. 

 Commonly cultivated ia gardens, though most of the chamomile flowers sold 

 by the druggists are bi'ought from a distance. The smell has been from time 

 immemorial compared to that of ripe apples, and the very name is Greek for 

 " ground apple." Chamomile makes delightful soft green walks for a flower- 

 garden, only they must not be trodden upon in frosty weather. To lie down upon 

 a bed of it, and snuft'up the Iragrauce, is a capital cure for the headache. 



62. Cornfield Chamomile — [Anthemis arvmsis.) 

 Cultivated fields, very unusual, and ajipearing chiefly among clover. 

 Fields on the top of Bowdon Downs, and below Bowdon Vicai-age. 

 (Mr. Hunt.) Waysides at Eccles. (J. S.) Fl. July. Biennial. 



E. B. ix. 602. 



63. FcETiD Chamomile — [Anthemis Cotula.) 



Waste places and by M'aysides, rare. Previous to 1857 it grew 



plentifully by the side of the railway between Old Traffbrd and Stret- 



ford, but the change of the surface at the time of the Art Treasures 



Exhibition nearly caused its destruction. Fl. July, August. Annual. 



Curtis, ii. 353 ; E. B. xxv. 1772 ; Baxter, v. S^"^. 



64. Yarrow— (-4c/«7/t'a Millefdlium.) 



Hedgebanks aud in waste places, everywhere. Fl. July — November. 

 Curtis, iii. -125 ; E. B. xi. 758. 



65. Sneezewort — [Achillea Ptdrmlca.) 

 Dry meadows, waste places, and on the borders of cornfields, 

 abundant everywhere. Fl. July — September. 



Curtis, ii. 352; E. B. xi. 757; Baxter, i. 3fi. 

 Common in gardens with doable flowers. 



In addition to the above-mentioned sixty-five, the following Com- 

 posites have either formed part of the Manchester Flora in days gone 

 by, or prefer some kind of claim to be inserted in it : — 



Purple Goat's-beard — ( TV-ayo^jo^on porrifolius. E. B. ix. 638.) 

 " Prestwich, 1844." (B. G.) Probably an escape from' a garden, 

 having formerly been cultivated for culinary purposes. 



Acrid Lkttuck — {Lactiica vimsa. E. B. xxviii. 1957.) 

 Once found near ('liiuMook Tiane. (J. E.) 



