THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



C. Drummondii is a native of Texas, 

 and in cultivation grows about two feet 

 in height. Plant very bushy and com- 

 pact in habit. Flowers about two 

 inches across, of a rich golden yellow 

 color, with a small dark centre. 



C tinctoria grows about_ two and a 

 half feet in height. Flowers are of a 

 rich brown, margined with golden yel- 



low. Several varieties of this species 

 are usually found in seed catalogues. 



C. tinctoria fl. pi. This grows about 

 two feet in height. The flowers are 

 double, of a rich golden yellow, with 

 wine maroon spots. A very desirable 

 variety of recent introduction. — Vick's 

 Magazine. 



PYRETHRUMS. 



\YRETHRUMS have been so 

 greatly improved, both in the 

 quality and color of their 

 flowers, during the past few 

 years, that they now constitute one of 

 the most desirable groups of hardy 

 plants the cultivator has at his com- 

 mand. Vigorous in growth and free in 

 blooming, they afford a wide range of 

 color, and are alike valuable for con- 

 tributing to the attractions of the 

 flower garden and supplying flowers for 

 indoor decorations. While unsurpassed 

 by any hardy plants of their season in 

 the rich effect they produce in the 

 garden, they are especially useful to cut 

 from. The flowers are practically free 

 from the objectionable odor characteris- 

 tic of many of the composites, and can 

 ,be readily arranged, either alone or in 

 conjunction with other subjects, to 

 present the most attractive appearance, 

 and they retain their freshness for a 

 considerable period. Not the least 

 important of their many good qualities 

 is the facility with which they can be 

 grown, for it is not necessary to do 

 much beyond planting them in well 

 prepared soil in a suitable position to 

 ensure a plentiful production of flowers 

 for several years. 



In engaging in the cultivation of 

 either single or double pyrethrums it 

 will in the first instance be necessary to 



determine whether they are required 

 simply for the embellishment of the 

 flower garden or are wanted for the 

 supply of cut blooms for exhibition or 

 the decoration of indoor apartments. 

 If intended for flower-garden decoration 

 all that will be necessary will be to 

 select suitable positions in the mixed 

 border, and properly prepare the station 

 by enriching and breaking up the soil. 

 But when required for furnishing exhibi- 

 tion blooms, they should be planted in 

 a bed in the kitchen garden or reserve 

 ground, as they can then have any 

 attention that may be required without 

 interfering with other subjects. It is an 

 advantage to plant those also that are to 

 be cut from for house decoration in a 

 bed or border elsewhtre than in the 

 flower garden, as when large quantities 

 of flowers are cut the general effect is 

 necessarily more or less impaired. In 

 whatever position they are to be grown 

 the soil should be liberally enriched 

 with partly decayed manure from the 

 stable or farmyard, and be then broken 

 up to a depth ranging from one to two 

 feet with spade or fork. In the prepar- 

 ation of stations in the mixed border 

 two large shovelfuls of manure should 

 be dug in at each. The beds, on the 

 other hand, should have sufficient 

 manure spread over the surface to form 

 a layer about four inches in thickness, 



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