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CHRYSANTHEMUM 



18. Leuc4nthemum, Linn. Ox-eve Daisv. White- 

 weed. Fig. 467- Glabrous weed, 1-2 ft. high : root-lvs. 

 long-petioled, with a large, oval blade and coarse, 

 rounded notches; stem- 

 Ivs. lanceolate, becom- 

 ing narrower toward 

 the top, serrate, with 

 few distant and sharp- 

 er teeth. .Tnno. .Tuly. 

 Eu.. V- A-i;i -On- of 



The daisies are never 

 cultivated, but they 

 are often gathered for 

 decoration, and make 

 excellent cut-flowers. 

 See, also, Daisy. 



DD. Mays many-col- 

 ored : fls. often 

 double: the com- 

 mon "Chrysanthe- 

 m>ims " of the flo- 



19. Indioum, Linn. 

 {V. JujUnicum , 

 Thunb.l. The wild 

 plants native to China 

 and Japan are dwarfer 

 than 6 morifohum, 

 with Ivs thinner more 

 sharplj cut and green 

 on both sides not glau 

 cous involucial scales 

 with wider and more 



chafT fls smaller nu 

 > Leucanthemum ) merous, and with rays 

 alwa\ s vellow and 



Neitl 



ithci 

 fortun t 



sections ^ I 

 often used lu Ueiiuau^ 

 Smensi 

 20 monfdhnm Rimit mlln (r" '^ nfn 



scariou 

 cies w 



ide souse luclu iing 



r od')rnm Linii =Matr: 



; inodora 



W M 



CHRYSOGONTM 



rather moist soil. Strong clumps, 4-ij years old, are 

 then at 111. ir Im-.i and are very excellent plants. After 

 that tlir\ -liMuM 1" divided. Prop, by division or seed. 

 Blo.ii.i- )., .iwii. an.l .luly. J. B. Keller and L. H. B. 



CHRYS0BALANU8 {golden acorn, from the Greek, 

 referring to the fruit). JSosdcea. Two species in the 

 warm parts of Amer. and Afr. The Cocoa Plum, C. 

 loico, Linn., grows on coasts and along streams in S. 

 Fla., in south to S. Amer., and also in Afr. It is some- 

 times planted in the extreme south (and in the tropics) 

 as an ornamental shrub and for its sweetish but insipid 

 and dry plum-shaped fruits. The Cocoa Plum is a mere 

 bush on the northern limits of its distribution, but in 

 extreme S. Fla. it rea.ln - a 1m i^hi -.1 j:, ::ii It. It has 

 glossy, thick obovatc n. i , ... i.ii-. Ivs.: fls. 



small and white, in :iM!i ■ i . n . ..r cymes; 



calyx 5-cleft, pubesi-riii ; |,. iii ,, ; ::iiii. n- aljout20: 

 fr. 1-seeded, often 1 in. in diatn., varyme irom nearly 

 white to almost black. It is best propagated by seeds, 

 but may also be had from cuttings of half -ripened wood. 

 L. H. B. 

 aly species 



CHRYSOBACTKON igolden wand, from the Greek). 

 LilidceiP. Two New Zealand bulbs, bearing many small 

 yellow fls. in a long raceme on the top of an (.'long,.itpd 

 scape. Plant often dia-cious. Very closely allied to 

 Anthericum, with which Baker unites it, whereas 

 Bentham ,V- Hook.-.- r.tfr it to Bulbinella. C. Hofikeri, 

 Colens<., I- III riili. Ill I his countrv. It is a hardy plant 

 2-3ft. hiLi I I lik,. foILnge. B.M. 4602. -Cult. 



in the (in I i i i .md treated like the Asphodel, 



they do w, 11, imi m. \ a^tly improved in rich, deep and 



^.(t^^ f^ /4., 



468 The famous 



One of the epoch making lirt, 

 flowering forms of C monfol 

 From the original picture in J 

 Botanical Magazine for Feb 

 1,96, plate 327. 



CHRYSdDIUM 



CHEYS6G0NUM (Greek-made -aame, golden knee or 

 joint). Compdsitw. C. Virginiinum, Linn., is a peren- 

 nial yellow-fld. plant of S. Penn. and south, which is 

 sometimes cult, as a border plant. It blooms in spring 

 or early summer on stems which become 1 ft. high, the 



