CHRYSANTHEMUM TRICOLOR. 



THREE-COLOURED CHRYSANTHEMUM. 

 Class. Order. 



SVNGENESIA. POLYGAMIA SDPERFLUA. 



Natural Order. 



CORYMBIFER^:. 



No. 91. 



Chrysanthemum is derived from two Greek words, 

 CHRUSOS, gold, and ANTHOS, a flower; and the 

 brilliant golden hue of some species of Chrysanthe- 

 num fully justify the appellation. 



In the variety of elegant annuals, which usually 

 adorn our gardens, the Chrysanthemum tricolor 

 should never be wanting. It flowers rather earlier 

 than the common annual chrysanthemum, and the 

 stems are not so branching nor obtrusive in their 

 growth. 



Having, so long, been accustomed to meet this 

 plant under the appellation above given, we uncon- 

 sciously wrote tricolor in directing the engraver. 

 Chrysanthemum carinatum has of late been adopt- 

 ed; and it must be confessed there is a plausible 

 reason for the exchange of nomenclature, when we 

 are told that a variety of this species produces per- 

 fectly yellow flowers. 



Seeds should be collected from such plants as 

 grow at some distance from the Chrysanthemum 

 coronarium, or common species ; as we find them 

 prone to mingle, to the injury of both. It may be 

 sown with the common annuals. 



Hort. Kew. 2, v. 5, 95. 



