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marygold-formed, copperish-red and yellow flowers. Best re- 

 newed annually from seed. 



Achillea. 



1. A. Millefolium MILLEFOIL. An herbaceous plant, always 

 handsome for its graceful, divided, feather-like foliage ; flowers 

 rather small, very numerous, and of very long duration, pure- 

 white, borne in large, compact, flattened heads. There is a 

 variety with rose-coloured flowers. Propagated easily by division. 



2. A. nobilis. Also a handsome plant for its foliage, which, 

 though quite distinct, somewhat resembles that of the last; 

 flowers white. 



Chrysanthemum. 



1. C. Indicum. A common plant, native of this country, very 

 showy, when in full blossom in November, with its profusion of 

 bright, cheerful, golden-yellow, middle-sized flowers ; does best in 

 the open border, and requires little care bestowed upon it beyond 

 removing it annually to fresh ground. 



2. C. Sinense THE FLORIST'S CHRYSANTHEMUM Gool-ddudee 

 Chundro-moolik. Of this delightful plant, so well known and 

 so universally cultivated, and which during the months of 

 November and December makes our gardens so gay, most of 

 the handsome varieties may, I believe, be now met with at 

 Calcutta : the largest, somewhat smaller than a Dahlia, very 

 double, and pure-white ; another somewhat smaller, of a clear- 

 brimstone colour ; and numerous others of different colours and 

 character, from the size of a China Aster to that of a Bachelor's 

 Button, or a Chamomile-flower, including those called Pompones 

 and Chusan Daisies, as well as the Japanese, with their comical 

 flowers, resembling a Cockatoo's tuft much disordered. Some 

 varieties are of a much more robust habit than others, and 

 require little or no care to preserve them ; while very many are 

 almost sure to perish, unless great care be taken to shelter them 

 from extremes of sunshine and rain. Arid all, like the Daisy, 

 are certain rapidly to deteriorate unless removed from time to 

 time into fresh soil. 



The only choice kinds to be met with in India are imported 

 ones. At Chinsurah I raised a great many plants from English 

 seed, but without securing a single specimen worth preserving, 



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