SHRUBBERIES AND FLOWER-GARDENS. CHAP 



pitiful, mean-looking thing, whereas, in full vigour and 

 size, nothing is more showy at a distance, or more deli- 

 cate when minutely examined, than the flower of this 

 plant. It is a native of the West Indies. 



495. MARYGOLD, common. Lat. Calendula offici- 

 nalis. IT. Souci. A hardy perennial plant, common in 

 many parts of Europe, two feet high, and blows a light 



yellow flower in June, July, and August. MARIGOLD. 



Small Cape. Lat. Plurialis. Fr. plurial. A hardy annual 

 plant, originally from the Cape of Good Hope, one or two 

 feet high, blows a white flower in June, July, and August. 

 Propagated by seed sown where they are to grow. 



Likes a light soil and sunny situation. MARIGOLD, 



African. Lat. Fagetes patula. Fr. Fagetes des jar dins. A 

 hardy annual plant of Mexico which blows a reddish yel- 

 low flower from July to October. Propagated by sowing 

 in a hot-bed, or in open earth, if it be good and exposed 

 to the sun, and there is no longer fear of frosts. The 

 plants must be planted in pots, and afterwards in the open 

 earth, taking care to water them frequently when newly 

 planted. They grow to two feet high, and often higher, 

 and should be kept tied to sticks or they will fall about and 

 look ugly. It is rather a staring flower when in blossom, 

 and much more fit for the front of shrubberies, and round 

 lawns, than for borders. It is not particular as to soil. 



496. MASTER- WORT, Great black. Lat. Aslrantia 

 Major. Fr. Astrance a grandes fleurs. A plant of which 

 the root is perennial, from the mountains of Voges and 

 the Pyrenees. It is two feet high, and its flower is of a ra- 

 diated redflish or whitish volour, and blows from June to 



