CHAP. IV. OKNAMENTAL ANNUALS. 319 



Tagetes. 



1. T. erecta AFRICAN MARYGOLD Genda. Well known for 

 its handsome, showy yellow flowers, held in universal esteem 

 by the natives of India ; there are several varieties, some with 

 flowers as large and as double as ordinary-sized Dahlias. Sow 

 the seed in August, and the plants will be in blossom all the 

 Cold season. 



2. T. patula FRENCH MARYGOLD. A much dwarfer plant, 

 with comparatively small flowers ; the seed may be sown at 

 nearly any season ; the plants, where once grown, continually 

 reproduce themselves by self-sown seed. 



Callichroa. 



C. platyglossa. Bears large yellow flowers, with dark purple 

 eyes, much like those of Calliopsis. 



Sphenogyne. 



S. speciosa. A very beautiful annual, with finely-cut, graceful 

 foliage ; bears flowers like those of a single Marygold, with pale 

 straw-coloured rays, contrasting vividly with the large, shining 

 black centre. Sow the seed in October in good soil, and put 

 out the plants by threes in the border a foot apart. I have 

 cultivated this annual with success in the Upper Provinces, but 

 not so in Bengal. 



Madia. 



M. elegans. A coarse-growing plant, with large, woolly leaves ; 

 bears numerous largish, daisy-formed, white flowers, with a 

 brown ring round the base of the rays. 



Cladanthus. 



C. Arabicus. ARABIAN CHAMOMILE. Produces small flowers 

 bearing some resemblance to those of Chamomile. 



Chrysanthemum. 



C. carinatum. With its two or three varieties, one of the most 

 showy annuals of the garden ; bears daisy-like flowers as large 

 as a watch, with white or yellow rays and dark-brown eye. The 

 seed is sown in October, and the young plants are put out by 

 threes, a foot apart, in good enriched soil in the border. 



