CORN ^^N'^^YWN .—Pt/rethrmn inodorum. 



Class Syngenesia. Order Superflua, Nat. Ord. Composite. 

 Compound Flowers. 



There are so many flowers scattered by 

 waysides, fields, and meadows, which are similar 

 in their general appearance to that represented 

 1)y our engraving, that they often perplex the 

 young botanist. Some species of chamomile 

 resemble it; the Tall Ox-eye Daisy, though 

 having very different leaves, has a blossom like 

 it, and the other two wild species of Feverfew 

 are very similar. This flower has little claim 

 to its familiar name of Mayweed, for it blossoms 

 from August until October, on fields and waste 

 places, and is among the few flowers which we 

 may perchance find even in the very depth of 

 winter. Its stem is about a foot high, and it 

 has a sHghtly aromatic odour. 



The other two kinds of Feverfew are also 

 frequent flowers. The Common Feverfew 

 {Fyrethrum Pariheniuin) may be known by its 

 very strong and unpleasant odour, and it has a 

 very bitter flavour. It is used in medicine, 

 and lotions for external applications are also 

 made from it. It is one of the plants which 

 among country people are held in high estima- 



