CHRYSANTHEMUM. THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



CICHORIUM. 



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and, if practicable, a canvas covering 

 fastened in front when the nights are 

 cold will generally prove sufficient 

 protection ; with these simple precau- 

 tions the duration of the flowers will 

 be greatly prolonged. The varieties 

 named below are best for wall culture. 

 Many early-flowering Japanese and re- 

 flexed kinds are included, as they are more 

 suitable than the incurved section, the 

 natural form of the petals being less likely 

 to hold water from night dews and rains. 

 White. Eynsford White, Lady Sel- 

 borne, Mdlle. Lacroix, Elaine, Fair Maid 

 of Guernsey, Mrs. Forsyth, Felicity, Ava- 

 lanche. Yellow and Orange. G. Glenny, 

 Jardin des Plantes, Sunflower, Butter- 

 cup, Mrs. Horril, President Hyde, 



"Paris Daisy (C. frutescens). 



Phoebus. Blush and Rose. Bouquet Fait, 

 Princess of Teck, Venus, Maiden's Blush, 

 Peach Christine, Christine, Etoile de Lyon, 

 Annie Clibran, Viviand Morel. Crimson. 

 E. Molyneux, Cullingfordi, W. Holmes, 

 King of Crimsons, M. Mousillac, M. Henri 

 Jacotot, and Progne. Red and Brown. 

 Triomphe du Nord, Gloire du Rocher, 

 Val d'Andorre, Felix Cassagneau, Wm. 

 Robinson, Julie Lagravere, and Source 

 d'Or. Purple and Amaranth. Dr. Sharpe, 

 M. Bernard, Alberic Lunden, and Mrs. 

 Nisbet. 



Pompons. These are useful for wall 

 covering ; they grow compact and flower 

 freely. The following is a good selection : 

 White. Sceur Melanie, Mdlle. Marthe, 

 La Purete, White Perfection, Snowdrop. 

 Yellow. Golden Circle, St. Michael, 

 Primrose League, William Westlake, 



Nelly Dainford. Red and Brown. Black 

 Douglas, Prince of Orange, Tiber, Vulcan, 

 Victorine, Prince Victor, James Forsyth, 

 Fremy, Eleonore. Purple. President, 

 Comte de Morny, and Pygmalion. 



Single-lowered Varieties are very use- 

 ful for covering walls. The best are 

 White. White Perfection, The Virgin, 

 Exquisite. Yellow. Yellow Jane, Golden 

 Star, Prince of Yellows, Canariense, and 

 Charming. Blush and Pink. Florence, 

 Mary Anderson, America, and Crushed 

 Strawberry. Red. Lady Churchill, Souv. 

 de Londres, Scarlet Gem, David Windsor, 

 and Effie. 



Summer and Early Autumn Flowering 

 Kijids. This is an important class, furnish- 

 ing a number of varieties that are valuable 

 for cutting from, and they enliven the 

 borders when other hardy flowers are on 

 the wane. But there are many good early 

 autumn flowers, and setting chrysanthe- 

 mums much before their natural season 

 is a practice of doubtful value in the 

 flower-garden. Some are very dwarf 

 and of various shades of colour, and for 

 the open air are of much value. A. S. 



C. latifolium is the largest of the 

 Ox-eye Daisies, with fleshy, coarsely 

 serrated, broad leaves. The seeds have 

 large flower-heads, 3 in. to 4 in. across ; 

 a strong growing species requiring plenty 

 of room. Division and seeds. A number 

 of varieties of this and the following 

 species have been raised which have some 

 value as border plants and for cutting. 



C. maximum is nearly allied to 

 C. pallens, from which it is distinguished 

 chiefly by its involucre and larger flowers. 

 The leaves of C. maximum are bluntly 

 serrated, stems more or less branched, 

 each carrying a single white flower, leaf- 

 less towards the flower-heads, the in- 

 volucre flattish, composed of numerous 

 narrow bracts. Maritime Alps. 



C. Zawadskii, of tufted habit, bears 

 numerous rose-tinted flowers all through 

 the summer months. D.K. 



C. segetum (Corn Marigold}. A showy 

 yellow native plant, as worthy of cultiva- 

 tion as many an exotic, and in certain 

 cases worth growing for cutting. Treat as 

 a hardy annual, preferring autumn sowing. 



Chrysobactron Hookeri. See ANTHER- 

 ICUM. 



Chrysurus. See LAMARCKIA. 



CICHORIUM (Chicory).^ pretty 

 native plant, from 2 to 5 ft. high, C. Intybus, 

 bearing in summer and autumn handsome 

 blue flowers. It is worth introducing as a 

 wild plant into localities where it is not 

 common. It is a rampant grower, and will 

 take care of itself under almost any con- 



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