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growth, and it has rich Gentian-blue flowers : The Queen 

 is a fine selection. C- mnericmia is a strong growing Hardy 

 Annual from North America ; it reaches a height of 3 feet, 

 and has reddish flower-heads. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM 

 " Crown Daisy " and " Corn Marigold" 



It is hardly possible to over appreciate the group of hardy 

 Annual Chrysanthemums {Covipositce), as they possess state- 

 liness, beauty, usefulness, and a brilliant effectiveness not 

 easily surpassed. Three species have been pressed into 

 service to provide us with these splendid flowers, and they 

 are C. carinatnvi (syn. C. tricolor^ C. coronnrium, and C. scgetum 

 — the last named a wild plant especially common in the 

 Eastern counties, and well known as the Corn Marigold. 

 The garden varieties of C. carinatuui grow from ij foot to 

 7.\ feet high, and may be 3 feet high if the conditions are 

 favourable. The double varieties of C. coronarium and C. 

 Dunnettii are of lowlier growth, and may be had in white, 

 yellow, and crimson. C. segefuvt, 2\ feet high, and its variety 

 C. s. grandiflorum^ are bright yellow, while Little Gem is 

 about 8 inches high, and makes a pretty, yellow-flowered 

 bush. 



Messrs. Sutton & Sons have introduced some exquisitely 

 beautiful varieties of C. carinatum, namely, Morning Star, soft 

 primrose yellow ; Eastern Star, yellow, with brown centre ; 

 Evening Star, deep golden-yellow ; and Northern Star, white 

 with yellow centre and maroon disk. Other good varieties 

 are Burridgeanum, crimson, white, and yellow ; W. E. Glad- 

 stone, crimson ; and Silver Queen, white, with yellow zone 

 and silvery disk. 



In most gardens these annual Chrysanthemums might 



