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June, and the plants, when large enough, planted out in 

 sheltered places where they are to bloom, or some of them 

 may be potted and kept in frames during winter, to be 

 planted out in spring. They will bloom the following May 

 and June. Cuttings ma}'' be struck from these two-year 

 stocks, when they are fine enough to be worth it, under a 

 glass in the common borders, like Wallflowers. M. tristis^ 

 the night-smelling stock, is a greenhouse shrub ; and though 

 not showy, the flowers being of a dull livid color, yet it is 

 desirable on account of its powerful evening fragrance : this 

 grows in a light sandy loamy compost, and is propagated by 

 cuttings. 



M. annua (annual, or ten-weeks) ; hardy annual ; i foot ; flow- 

 ers scarlet, purple, white, yellow, and pink, all summer ; south of 

 Europe ; 1731. M. glabratn (wall-flowered-leaved) ; hardy sub- 

 shrub ; 2 feet ; flowers purple, scarlet, or white, in June ; native 

 country unknown. M. Gr<xca (smooth-leaved annual) ; hardy an- 

 nual ; I foot ; flowers purple, white, and pink, all summer; Greece. 

 M. incana (hoary, or queen's) ; hardy sub-shrub ; 2 feet ; flow- 

 ers scarlet, purple, and white, in June ; south of Europe. M. 

 odoratissima (sweetest) ; greenhouse sub-shrub ; 2 feet ; flowers 

 cream-colored, changing to purplish-brown, sweet in the evening, 

 in June; Tauria ; 1795. M. simplicicatdis (single-stemmed or 

 Brompton or Giant) ; half-hardy biennial ; 3 feet ; flowers pur- 

 ple, scarlet, or white, in July ; native country unknown. M. tris- 

 tis (sad); greenhouse sub-shrub; 18 inches; flowers livid, in 

 June ; south of Europe ; 1768. 



Matricaria. [Compositse.] Weedy hardy annuals for 

 the most part, with single white daisy-like flowers. The only 

 exception worth cultivating is a double-flowered variet}- of 

 M. chamomilla, called grandiflora, which, as it does not bear 

 seed, may, if frequently renewed, be continued as a peren- 

 nial ; its double white blossoms render it deserving of being 

 grown in a mixed border. The young shoots should be taken 



