SUMMER CHRYSANTHEMUM 



the corn-fields," is an annual species with 

 golden rays, cultivated and sometimes 

 forced, but really not worthy of the trouble. 

 It is native to Great Britain and the Con- 



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tment. 



Golden Feather, Chrysanthemum prm- 

 dltum var. aureum, horticulturally Pyr&- 

 thrum aiireum, is the low-growing form 

 with yellowish foliage, commonly used 

 for carpet bedding. Sometimes the foli- 

 age is very yellow, and so remains through- 

 out the season ; it is very likely to become 

 greener as the summer advances, especially 

 if flowers are allowed to form. There is a 

 dwarf variety, aurhum crispum, with foli- 

 age curled like parsley, and another, costmary. Chn,sdnthem«m 

 glaucum, with dusty white foliage. This bais&mUa 



species is not considered by botanical 

 authorities distinct from Feverfew, Chrysanthemum parthhnium. 

 The Marguerite, or Paris Daisy, Chrysanthemum frutescens, is 

 the well-known perennial greenhouse plant, shrubby at base, 

 branching abundantly at the top. Native to the Canary Islands, 



it has been the especial care of 

 the French gardeners, and its 

 extensive cultivation has resulted 

 in many varieties. The variety 

 chrys&ster has yellow rays and is 

 known as the yellow Marguerite. 

 Giant Daisy, Chrysanthemum 

 uliginbsum, becomes a stout, erect 

 bush four to five feet high, per- 

 ennial, but blooming the first year 

 from seed. The blossoms look 

 like particularly fine ox-eye dai- 

 sies, two to three inches across. 



Though native to the swamps 

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Golden Feather. Chrysdnthemum 

 aiireum 



