Composite—Chrysanthemuit. 253 
alluded to above, with curious elongated often very narrow 
florets. 
2, Ch. Purthtnium (Pyréthrum).  Feverfew.—This plant 
was formerly cultivated as a medicinal herb, and has become 
Fig. 139. Chrysanthemum Sinense, Fig. 140. Chrysanthemum Sinense, 
large-flowered variety. (4 nat. size.) Pompon var. (} nat. size.) 
naturalised in some parts of the country. Itis from 1 to 2 
feet high, with the leaves pinnately divided into broad lobed 
segments. Flowers about 6 lines in diametcr with a white ray. 
We mention this merely to introduce the double-flowered 
variety, eximiwm ; and one with yellow foliage, aireum, exten- 
sively employed in bedding under the name of Golden Feather. 
3. Ch. rosewm (fig. 141).—This may be classed with the so- 
called Florists’ flowers, having produced a great many beautiful 
varieties which now figure in our principal catalogues under 
distinct names. In the typical form it grows about 18 inches 
high, with beautifully cut foliage and flower-heads about 2 
inches in diameter, yellow in the centre, with a rose or pink 
