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diameter : it varies in colour ; there are white, purple, red, 

 orange, yellow, &c. This kind requires shelter in the 

 winter; as also does the Canary Ox-eye, a native of the 

 Canary Islands, very much resembling the common cha- 

 inomile flower. In winter, these two kinds should be very 

 gently watered, about three or four times in a week : in 

 the summer, they will require it more plentifully, and every 

 evening when the weather is dry. 



The Siberian Chrysanthemum is very hardy, and will 

 live in the open air all the year : it does not often perfect 

 seeds in England, but may easily be increased by slips, 

 which may be planted two or three in a pot, in September 

 or October, and transplanted into separate pots in March ; 

 it will be necessary to shelter these young shoots in frosty 

 weather, and to keep the earth moist. 



The Garden Chrysanthemum, sometimes called the 

 Cretan, or Cretan Corn Mary gold*, is yellow ; it flowers in 

 June. This is an annual plant, and generally raised in a 

 hot- bed. It is not, however, very tender; and cuttings 

 planted in autumn, and kept in the house in the winter, 

 will, if in a tolerably warm situation, take root, and flower 

 well in the summer. 



The common Ox-eye, likewise called Ox-eye Daisy, Sum- 

 mer Daisy, Maudlin-wort, and Moon-flower, is a perennial 

 plant, very common in dry pastures, corn-fields, &c. It is 

 called in French, la marguerite grande [great daisy] ; la 

 grande paquette ; Pceil de bceiif[ox eye] ; rail de bouc [goat's 

 eye] : and in Italian, leucanteino [white flower] ; la marghe- 

 ritlna maggiore [great daisy] ; Vocchio di bue [ox eye]. The 

 flower is white, with a yellow eye. It has been much re- 

 commended for its medicinal virtues, but does not appear 

 to have established its reputation in this respect : the young 



* Italian, Bambagella. 



