AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY 



UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 



CITRUS RESEARCH CENTER AND 

 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 

 ^> RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA 



THE 



MAESH MAEIGOLD 

 AND THE DAISY. 



Caltha palustris. Nat. Ord., 



Ranunculacece. 

 licllis perennis. Nat. Ord., Composite. 



ROWING wherever the ground 

 is damp, the marsh marigold, 

 or Caltha pahistris, is one of 

 the more conspicuous spring 

 flowers, and as such can scarcely 

 have failed to attract the notice 

 of most of our readers, occurring 

 as it does in such great profusion, 

 and making the low-lying mea- 

 dows and river-sides brilliant with 

 its masses of deep yellow flowers. 

 The generic name is derived from 

 the Greek word for a cup, and very 

 appropriately points out one conspicuous feature, the large 

 golden cup-like form of the blossoms. The specific name 

 is derived from the Latin pal us, a marsh, in obvious 

 reference to one of its favourite places of growth, while the 

 name marigold refers to its use in church festivals in the 

 Middle Ages as one of the flowers devoted to the Virgin 

 Mary. The Caltha is a perennial, and forms large tufts or 

 masses. The stems are about a foot in height, generally 

 erect, but at times creeping somewhat, and rooting again 



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