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viding low into numerous bushy branches a 

 foot or two in height, pubescent and pale 

 green, as well as the leaves ; tbese are long, 

 a little sinuated, the lower and middle ones 

 ovate and blunt, the upper ones lanceolate; 

 the flowers are radiated and of a golden co- 

 lour, coming out at the ends of the branches. 

 It is a native of France, flowering the greatest 

 part of the summer, the flowers being open from 

 nine in the morning to three in the after- 

 noon. 



There a. "e varieties with single yellow flowers, 

 with double yellow flowers; the great, with 

 very double flowers, with single lemon-coloured 

 flowers, with double lemon-coloured flowers, 

 with single and double gold-coloured flowers, 

 with parti-coloured flowers, with reflexed flowers, 

 with proliferous or childing flowers. 



The second species has an annual root ; the lower 

 leaves deeply indented on their edges, fleshy and- 

 of a pale green colour. The stems declining, from 

 six to eight inches long, leafy to within two 

 inches of the top; the stein-leaves much nar- 

 rower and more indented than those at the root. 

 The upper part of the stem very slender, upon 

 which stands one flower, shaped like those of 

 the common Marigold, having a purple bottom, 

 with a ray of a violet colour on the outside, and 

 of a pure white within: it opens when the sun 

 shines, but shuts up in the evening, and re- 

 mains so in cloudy weather. It is a native of 

 the Cape, flowering from June to August. 



The third has likewise an annual root; the 

 leaves much longer than in the foregoing, and 

 broader at the end ; those near the root are re- 

 gularly indented, but the stem -leaves have only 

 a lew shallow indentures. The stalks are much 

 longer and thicker than those of the ensuing sort ; 

 and at the top, just below the flower, swell larger 

 than at the bottom. The flowers are smaller 

 than in the second, but of the same colour. It 

 is a native of the Cape. 



The fourth species is also an annual plant, and 

 has much the appearance of the second, but 

 the leaves are more deeply indented on their 

 edges. The stalks grow about the same length 

 as that, and are more naked: the flower is a 

 little smaller, and the rays on the outside are of 

 a fainter purple colour, but white within. It is 

 a native of the Cape, flowering from June to 

 August. 



The fifth species is a perennial plant, which 

 divides near the root into several tufted heads, 

 closely covered with long grassy leaves coming 

 out on every side without order; some of these 

 have one or two indentures on their edges, but 

 the most part are entire. From between the 



leaves arise naked peduncles about nine inches 

 long, sustaining one flower at the top, which is 

 about the size of the common Marigold, having 

 a purple bottom; the rays are also purple with- 

 out, hut of a pure white within. These expand 

 when the sun shines, but always close in the 

 evening and in cloudy weather. The general 

 season of their beauty is in April and May ; but 

 there is commonly a succession of flowers late 

 in the autumn, though not in so great plenty. 

 It is a native of the Cape. 



The sixth species has a slender shrubby stalk, 

 rising to the height of seven or eight feet, but 

 requiring support: it sends out a great number 

 of weak branches from the bottom to the top, 

 hanging downwards : the leaves are on short 

 foot-stalks, most of them are slightly indented 

 towards the top, but some are entire; they are 

 of a shining green colour on their upper surface, 

 but paler underneath : the flowers come out at 

 the ends of the branches on short naked pedun- 

 cles, and are in size and colour like those of the 

 third sort. It is a native of the Cape, flowering 

 during the summer months. 



Culture. — The annual sorts may be increased 

 by sowing the se.'ds in the spring in the borders or 

 other parts where the plants are designed to remain, 

 as they do not bear transplanting well, four or five 

 seeds being put in each patch, which, when they 

 all grow, ihould be thinned out to two plants in 

 each patch. They afterwards only require to be 

 kept clean from weeds. When the seeds are 

 permitted to scatter, the plants appear more 

 early in the following spring, and flower earlier 

 than those sown at this season. As many of 

 the sorts are liable to degenerate, as the Childing 

 and the Large Double, where care is not taken 

 in saving their seeds, the surest way to preserve 

 the varieties is to pull up all those plants whose 

 flowers are less double, as soon as they appear, 

 and save seeds from the largest and most perfect 

 flowers: the Childing variety should be -sown 

 by itself in a separate part of the garden, and 

 the seeds saved from the large centre flowers 

 only. 



The fifth species maybe raised either by seeds 

 or slips taken from the heads. The first is, 

 however, the best method, as they rarely pro- 

 duce good seeds in this climate. In the first 

 mode, the seeds should be sown in the autumn 

 on a bed of fine light mould, in a warm ex- 

 posure, or in pots tilled with the same. In the 

 latter method, the slips may be planted any time 

 in summer, in pots filled with light fresh earth, 

 and plunged into a very moderate hot-bed, to 

 forward their putting out roots; or the pots mav 

 be sunk in the ground up to their rims, and co- 



