7.2 CORN MARIGOLD. 



daisy {Chrysanthemum leiicanthemum) . Tliis is 

 also called, by country people, Mooiivvort, Bull- 

 daisy, and a variety of familiar names. It has 

 white rays around a yellow disk, and, growing 

 often to the height of a foot and a half, it 

 gives quite a Avhite tint to the meadows during 

 June and July. 



The name of the genus is derived from two 

 Greek words, signifying gold and flower ; and 

 the Germans term these plants Gold-hlume, 

 Avhile the Prencli call them Clirysantheme, and 

 the Italians Crisantero. The species so orna- 

 mental to our gardens in autumn is the 

 Chinese Chrysanthemum. These plants are, 

 in the esteem of the Chinese, second only 

 to their dwarf trees. "So high," says For- 

 tune, " do they stand in favour with the 

 Chinese gardener, that he will cultivate them 

 extensively, even against the wishes of his 

 employer. I was told that the late Mr. Beale 

 used to say, that he grew Chrysanthemums in 

 his garden for no other purpose than to please 

 his gardener, not having any taste for them 

 himself." 



