CHRYSANTHEMUM 



AA. Lvs. not cut I 



B. Fls. borne in flat-topped clusters. 



12. Balsdmita.Willd. (ranacedoM Balsdmifa,Ijinn.). 



Tall and stout : lvs. sweet-scented, oval or oblong, ob- 



CHBTSANTHEMUM 



313 



long as broad, while in C. ) 

 as long as broad. H. Cann 

 C. lacustre is 2 ft. high an 

 maximum. With WouiNoii 

 ft. high. The rays in li-. 

 usual. 



16. miximtiin, Ramond. 

 narrower lvs. than No. 15, J 

 base. Height 1 ft. 



465. Chrysanthc 



tuse, margined with blunt or sharp teeth, lower ones 

 petioled, upper ones almost sessile, the largest lvs. 5-11 

 in. long, 13^-2 in. wide. W. Asia. -Typically with short 

 white rays, but when they are absent the plant is var. 

 tanacetoidea, Boiss. Costmary. Mint Geranium. Pig. 

 464. Also erroneously known as lavender. This has es- 

 caped in a few places from old gardens. 



BB. Pis. borne singly on the branches or stems. 

 c. Plants annual : foliage glaucous : rays golden 



yellow. 

 1.3. segitum, Linn. Corn Marigold. Annual, 1-lKft. 

 high : lvs. sparse, clasping, very variable, incisions 

 coarse or fine, deep or shallow, but usually only coarsely 

 serrate, with few and distant teeth. .June-Aug. Eu., 

 N. Afr., W. Asia. Gn. 18. ].. l:'.". K.TI. 1S95, pp. 448, 

 449.-Var. grandiildrum, H"i K, i^ a laiLvr-tl.l. form of 

 this weed, which is common iri ilir llnLli-^h i^rain iields. 

 The var. Cloth of Gold, J.H. 1 1 1. !_■ : ( t... .s probably the 

 best. This species is much less popular than P. carina - 

 turn and coronarium. It is also forced to a slight extent 

 forwinter bloom. " Segetum" means " of the corn fields." 



14. multioavlle, Desf. Glabrous and glaucous annual, 

 6-12 in. high : stems numerous, simple or branched, 

 stout, terete : lvs. fleshy, variable, usually linear- 

 spatulate, 1-3 in. long and yi-% in. broad , very coarsely 

 toothed or lobed, sometimes shorter, with few narrow- 

 linear, acute, entire segments about 1 line broad : rays 

 much shorter and rounder than in No. 13, Algeria. 

 B.M. 6930.-Rarer in cult, than No. 13. Said to be use- 

 less as a cut-flower. 



CC. Plants perennial fol age i ot qla ico is ( rcept 



wi'd forms of Vo 20) 



D. Nays II lira ys white fls never do ible j t II j 



never cult under glass 



15. lacustre, Brot (CI ^ 

 This is endlessly conf 1 



dens, and the two spe 



to distinguish. The fl I st e 



Is a taller and mu h u I me 



times it is branched at I 1 1 ( 



maximum is always 1 fl i I 1 I 



branched : lvs. partly 1 th 



coarse, hard teeth : fls i \ 1 



rays about 1 in. long \%\\ 1 r v ared 



Portugal, along rivers swamps and lake R H lbo7 

 p. 4.56. — According to R Irwin LyncI m Cn '6 p 441 

 C. lacustre has coriaceous, oval lvs, about 3 times as 



. the lvs. are 5 times 

 iley, Eng., says that 

 ."! weeks before C. 

 . X. .J., it grows 4-5 

 rather shorter than 



Fig. 46G. This species has 

 ,nd they are narrowed at the 

 nore angled than the above, 

 iimple or branched at the very base, always 1-fld. and 

 leafless for 3-4 in. below the fl. : lower lvs. petioled, 

 wedge-shaped at the base, lanceolate, dentate from the 

 middle to the apex; stem-lvs. sessile, wide- or narrow- 

 lanceolate, typically sernate throughout their whole 

 length, but variable, as in Fig. 466 : pappus none : in- 

 volucral scales narrower and longer, whitish-transpa- 

 rent at the margin, while those of C. Uicustre are 

 broader, more rounded at the apex, and with a light 

 brown, scarious margin. Pyrenees. — For other pictures 

 of these two species, see J.H. III. 5:25, and Gn. 26, p. 437. 

 Var. filifbrmis.'Hort., "with long, narrow, thread-like 

 petals." Int. 1899. Var. Triumph has "fls. 4 in. across, 

 with broad, overlapping petals." 



17. uliginosum, W-r^^.i P. lilnjiiitisii m ,Wn\:U\.). Giant 

 Daisy. Stout, i-n-i't Imsli. 4-.'i ft. Iii^'li. with liaht green 

 foliai;>-: stem nearly frlabvoiis. striatr, branching above, 

 rather detplr scrr'ati-, roui;liisli : Ms. 2-:( in. across. 

 Hungarv. B."M.270(;. A.F. 4: .52:iand 8: 813. Gng.2:375 

 and 5: 183. A. G. 19:403. R.H. 1894, p. 82. Gt. 46, p. 103. 

 G. C. II. 10: 493. Gn. 26, p. 442 and 38, p. 523. -Next to C. 

 coccineiim,, this is the most popular of the hardy herba- 

 ceous kinds. In A. F. 4: 465 Wm. Falconer shows a 2- 

 year-old plant 6 ft. high, 17 ft. in circumference at a 

 point 4 ft. from the ground, and carrying thousands of 

 flowers. It blooms the first year from seed or division, 

 and has been forced for Easter somewhat as Hydrangea 

 pnnic«;a/a can be treated. Excellent for cut-fls. The 



Fg 46o 



n gar 



1 I flicult 



466. Chrysanthe: 



blossoms should be cut soon after opening, as the disks 

 darken with age. The plant needs a rich, moist soil, 

 and deserves a greater popularity. " Uliginosum " means 

 "inhabiting swampy places." 



