TAGETES. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



TAGETES. 



by growing them free from other sorts, French Marigold, usually 1 2 to 1 5 in. high, 

 but even in the best strains the flowers with dense heads of perfect flowers. They 

 vary. Sometimes one plant has striped , make effective masses, and answer well as 



blooms, and at other times self-yellow or 

 maroon flowers. The unpleasant odour 

 unfits them for cutting. Of more recent 

 introduction are the compact forms of the 



edgings for beds of tall African Marigolds. 

 Well harden them before being planted 

 out, and put them singly, not in clumps. 

 T. signata is allied to the French 



