52 CORN FEVERFEW. 



tion as a remedy for fever; and, doubtless, 

 wlien rightly applied, it is a valuable one, for 

 medical practitioners acknowledge its tonic 

 properties, and, like those who gave it its old 

 English name, consider it of efficacy in reducing 

 fever. 



The white-rayed flowers of the Sea-side 

 Feverfew {P^re thrum maritimuni) are very often 

 to be seen growing not only on the green 

 patches which lie among the cliffs, but also on 

 the beach, beyond the reach of the waves. 

 They appear in July, and though smaller in 

 size than those of the Corn Feverfew, are so 

 like them, that many botanists think it to be 

 the same plant, and that its dwarf condition is 

 to be ascribed to its situation ; as the bleak 

 winds and saline atmosphere of the sea-coast 

 are well known to be unfavourable to the 

 growth of almost all plants, save those which 

 will grow there only. 



Many species of Feverfew are reared in 

 gardens, and some of the double-flowered kinds 

 are very pretty. They have almost all, like our 

 wild flower, white rays around a yellow disk, 

 but the Siberian Feverfew, and some others, 

 are bright yellow both in the ray and disk. 



