314 



CHRYSANTHEMUM 



18. Leuc&nthemuin, Linn. Ox-eye Daisy. White- 

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

 long-petloled, 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. June, July. 

 Eu., N. Asia. -One of 

 the commonest weeds 

 in the eastern states, 

 being the characteristic 

 plantof New England's 

 wornout meadows. 



The daisies are never 

 cultivated, but they 

 are often gathered for 

 decoration, and make 

 excellent cut-flowers. 

 See. also, Daisy. 



DD. Mays many-cvl- 

 ored : fls. often 

 double • the com- 

 mon "Chrysantlie 

 mums " of the flo 



19 tndicum, Linn 

 {(' Japdniium 

 Thunb I The wild 

 plints nitive to China 

 and Jipui ire dwirfer 



thi 



ifoli 



vith : 



thr 



Neithtr tln^ sp, ( i. ^ nor th n 

 and the nun, t,n,ii \,s Lmu 

 This sp, „s li„ \ ,11. I _n itl 

 pro.,'tm his h,,n h\l.n.lu .l«it 

 Neither species in it-, jniu f >ri 

 fortunateI\ it is not jxissilile 

 origin of my of the ni im horti 

 sections See historaal skttdi 

 often used in (Terman\ in a w 



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CHRYSOGONUM 



rather moist soil. Strong clumps, 4-6 years old, are 

 then at their best and are very excellent plants. After 

 that tlicv shiiulil be divided. Prop, by division or seed. 

 Blooms in Juih- :md July. j. b. Keller and L. H. B. 



CHKYSOBALANUS {golden acorn, from the Greek, 

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

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

 Ic&co, 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 reaches a height of 25-30 ft. It has 

 glossy, thick obovate (sometimes obcordate) Ivs.: fls. 

 small and white, in axillary, erect racemes or cymes ; 

 calyx 5-cleft, pubescent ; petals 5 ; stamens about 20 : 

 fr. 1-seeded, often 1 in. in diam., varying from nearly 

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

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



2(1 monfdlium, Ramatuelle ( (7 Sinense Sabine) The 

 wild plants in Japm iiid fhini lu moi, lubust thin C 

 Induum 2-4 ft In 1 m i i 1 t t tt ,th 



very variable 1\ s > ' i ii 



smuateh cut nn.l I i 1 1 



oled and glaueou i ili 



scarious margins . h ui i i nt nth li 1 I In p 

 cies was founded u] ii i iilii\ ir 1 m i I ill t nii ind 

 there have been dill i iif pin n i t tli ipiiiil 

 wild progenitor Tin il >m 1 tiiiiti ii i minlji^ mint 

 of Hemsley's, m G C III 6 o22 B M (27 lerr npi.usly 

 named V Indicum.) Fig 468 is the origin vl double 

 purple flowered, partly quilled variety, on whu h R ima 

 tut lie, in 1792 founded the species C moiifoliiim 

 C inodorum Linn =Matricaria modora W M 



CHBTSOBACTKON (qolden uand from the Greek) 

 Lili(ite(p Two New Zealand bulbs bearing many small 

 yellow fls m a long raceme on the top of an elongated 

 scape Plant often dicecious \ ery closely ilhed to 

 Anthericum, with which Baker unites it whereas 

 Bentham & Hooker refer it to Bulbinella. C. Hodkeri, 

 Colenso, is in cult, in this countrv. It is a hardy plant 

 2-3 ft. high, with sword-like foliage. B.M. 4602. -Cult. 

 in the ordinary border, and treated like the Asphodel, 

 they do well, but are vastly improved in rich, deep and 



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468 The famous old purpi 

 Chrysanthemum 

 One of the epoch mikiii„ 1 

 flowering forms of f m iif I 

 From the original picture in 

 Botanicd Magazine tor Feb 

 1796 plate 327 



CHEYSdDIUM See Acrostichum 



CHEYSOGONUM (Greek-made name, ffoMen knee or 

 joint). Composite. C. Virgriniinum, 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 



