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Chrysa'nthemum — continued. 



C. multicau'le. Height 2 ft. A good border plant 

 with large yellow flowers and branching 

 habit. Algiers. 



C. myco'nis. A dwarf plant from the Mediterranean. 

 It forms a rosette of leaves on the ground, and 

 throws up yellow flowers singly on stalks, 6 

 ins. high. July. 1775. 



C. sdgetum. Height IJ ft. Yellow, the common 

 native Gowan or Coi^n Marigold of the fields. 

 For the garden it is better to grow the next 

 below. 



C. se'getum grandijlo'rum. Height 2J ft. An 

 improvement on the former wild sort. 



C. se'getum pu'milum is a dwarf form, 9 ins. high, 

 forming a compact bushy plant, a mass of 

 yellow bloom. 



C. tri! color. See C. carinatum and its varieties. 



Propagate by seeds sown i in. deep in the open, 

 gi'own where they are to flower, in ordinary soil in 

 April; or in pans of light soil in temp. 65° in 

 March, planting out in May in an open, warm 

 position. The soil should have been previously 

 well and deeply dug, plenty of manure being incor- 

 porated as the ground is turned over. 



Chryse'is. See Eschscholtzia. 

 Chrysoste'mma. See Coreopsis. 

 Ci'rsium diacanthum. See Chamcepeuce. 



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