DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF FLOWERS. 157 



double flowers, which are rich and handsome. It is raised 

 froiii seed ; the plants flowering the spring following. 



CHELONE.— Turtle-head. 



[A Greek word, signifying a tortoise, to the back of which the helmet of the 

 present genus has been fancifully compared.] 



Chelone glabra, also called C. ohliqua^ is a North 

 American species with white, rose-colored or purple flow- 

 ers. The plant formerly called Ghelone harhata^ is a 

 JPentstemon. Handsome border perennials, of easy cul- 

 ture in loamy soil, or loam and a little peat. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM.— Chinese Chrysanthemum. 



[From the Greek words for Gold ^nd flower.] 



Chrysanthemum Indicum. — This is one of the hand- 

 somest autumnal flowers, and easily cultivated in almost 

 any soil. It stands the winter without covering, but is 

 best cultivated in pots, where it can receive protection 

 when in bloom, in severe weather in autumn. In warm 

 seasons, it flowers well in October and November, in a 

 sheltered place, in the open ground. The plants may be 

 cultivated in the garden till they are in bud, when they 

 may be safely transferred to pots ; but it would be better 

 to commence their cultivation from the slip or cutting, iq 

 the spring, and sink the pots into the ground, in a shady 

 place, until the time of taking up. The varieties are end- 

 less, early and late, tassel-flowered, quilled, flat-petalled, 

 pompon, etc., with every shade of light purple, yellow, 

 white, lilac, blush-brown, red-brown, etc. 



For common culture, divide the roots in the spring, and 

 plant them out, where they are to stand, in a warm ex- 



