AND THE WILDERNESS BLOSSOMED 



can tell me why these good people call a yellow 

 bird red, a plum a pear, and a strawberry a 

 plum, we may possibly be able to guess why 

 the seedsmen call a species of Mayweed a 

 Chrysanthemum. 



Notwithstanding its humble origin, Matricaria 

 inodora flor ■plena or plenissima, as I think it ought to 

 be called, is a very desirable plant for the border. 

 It is perfectly hardy, has attractive, feathery foli- 

 age, blooms the first year from seed, and repro- 

 duces itself bountifully by self-sowing. It excels 

 any flower I know of in its free blooming quali- 

 ties. If given good soil, not too rich, and plenty 

 of room, it will form into a compact recumbent 

 plant, three feet in diameter and fifteen inches 

 high. One such plant that I grew from seed 

 had, by actual count, over five hundred flowers 

 in bloom upon it at one time. The flower is 

 white, about two inches in diameter, and at its 

 best is intensely double. The plant shows a 

 strong tendency to go back to single or semi- 

 double forms, and if you would retain the best 

 variety you should root out the undesirable 

 plants and permit only the choicer double forms 

 to cast their seeds. The best of the blossoms 

 should be marked, and seeds collected from 



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