m,h. 



(lIl)n)Santl)eimilU caiinatuin. Natural Order: Composite — Aster Family. 



" "^EELSHAPED goldtlower is the significance of the scientific 

 name of this plant — carinatum, from the Latin carina, a keel; 

 and Chrysanthemum, from two Greek words, chrysos, golden, 

 and anthemon, a flower. It is not naturalized in this country, 

 " though it has now been cultivated here for a number of years. 

 ' i*^-?' - ^^ ''^ '^ nearly a century since they were introduced into Great 



4li^^ ^ \., I '"tain (in 1789). They are indigenous to Northern Africa, China, 

 pj^japan, and other Oriental countries. The primitive color was yellow, 

 xh-^i^sj hence the Greeks called it Chrysanthemum: but now the colors are 

 JM/*^i various, being white, crimson, maroon, and yellow of several shades. 

 The} blossom very late in the fall, and, if transferred to the house, 

 will bloom until Christmas, requiring only to be kept from positive 

 freezing. 



QOUL, wilt thou love, where to love is losin"? 



Long wilt thou wander in wavs that err; 

 Dallv with hopes, that thy barren choosing 



Finds fleeting as steps of a wayfarer. 

 Wilt thou not turn and say to her spirit, 



Lo! I that love thee will love no more.'' 

 This is a hard thing that we inherit; 



To love and to weep, lo! this is sore. —Barton Gny. 



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WAN brightener of the fading yeai-, 

 Chrysanthemum ; 

 Rough teller of the winter near, 



Chrysanthemum : 

 Gray, low-hung skies and woodlands sere. 

 Wet, leaf-strewn ways with thee appear; 

 Yet well I love to see thee here. 



Chrysanthemum ! 

 Yes, well I love to see thee here, 



Chrvsanthemum! 



Thou comest when the rose is de.id. 



Chrysanthemum — 

 When pink and lily both have fled. 



Chrysanthemum : 

 When hollyhocks droop low the head, 

 And dahlias litter path and bed. 

 Thou bloomest bright in all their stead. 



Chrysanthemum, 

 And back recall'st their beauty fled. 



— If. C. Bfunett. 



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