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have a distinct name. In England many- 

 varieties are enumerated, and the number is 

 increasing ; and the beautiful quilled species 

 Avhich have of late years been introduced, will, 

 probably, originate many more. The varieties 

 indeed are perpetually changing ; but Mrs. 

 Loudon has observed, that they may all be 

 classed in one or other of the following divi- 

 sions : the ranunculus llowered ; the inciu'ved ; 

 the China aster flowered ; the marigold flowered, 

 the clustered, the tasselled, and the quilled. The 

 best annual chrysanthemum is considered to be 

 the chrysanthemum tricolor, which has yellow, 

 white, and purple flowers ; and equally hardy, 

 and worthy a place in every flower garden, is 

 the yellow chrysanthemum coronarium. 



The Greeks gave the general name of chry- 

 santhemum to several flowers of a similar form 

 lO this. It signifies gold flower, and was given 

 from the bright colours of some species known 

 to them. 



Some species of feverfew, with flowers some- 

 thing like those of the camomile, bloom late 

 in the year. The roots are used in medicine, 

 and several of the kinds which have double 

 blossoms are very ornamental. The flowers of 

 the double variety of our common feverfew 

 {Pyreihrum jxirthenium) look like little tufl:s of 

 snow on its branches, but the odour is very 

 impleasant. One or two yellow-flowered kinds 

 are handsome, as the milfoil-leaved species, 

 which is a native of Caucasus ; and some very 

 pretty ones grow wild on the Peak of TenerifFe. 



