CENTURY PLANTS — CHRYSANTHEMUMS 365 
to a collection, and may be used through the summer as noted above 
or plunged with cactus in a bed of tropical plants. All succeed well in 
loam and sand in equal parts, with a little leafmold in the case of the 
small varicties. 
The more common species are propagated by suckers from around 
the base of the established plants. A few kinds having no suckers 
must be grown from seed. 
As to watering, they demand no special care. Agaves will not 
stand frost to any extent. 
When the head throws up its great stem and blooms, it may ex- 
haust itself and die; but this may be far short of a century. Some 
species bloom more than once. 
Chrysanthemums are of many kinds, some being annual flower- 
garden plants, some perennial border subjects, and one form is the 
universal florists’ plant. In chrysanthemums are now included the 
pyrethrums. 
The annual chrysanthemums must not be confounded with the well- 
known fall-flowering kinds, as they will prove a disappointment if 
one expects large flowers of all colors and shapes. The annuals are 
mostly coarse-growing plants, with an abundance of bloom and a rank 
smell. The flowers are single in most cases, and not very lasting. 
They are useful for massing and also for cut-flowers. They are among 
the easiest of hardy annuals to grow. The stoniest part of the garden 
will usuaily suit them. Colors white and shades of yellow, the flowers 
daisy-like ; 1-3 ft. 
Amongst perennial kinds, Chrysanthemum frutescens is the well- 
known Paris daisy or marguerite, one of the most popular of the genus. 
This makes a good pot-plant for the window-garden, blooming through- 
out the winter and spring months. It is usually propagated by cut- 
tings, which, if taken in spring, will give large blooming plants for the 
next winter. Gradually transfer to larger pots or boxes, until the 
plants finally stand in 6-inch or 8-inch pots or in small soap boxes. 
There is a fine yellow-flowered variety. The marguerite daisy is much 
grown out-of-doors in California. 
The hardy perennial kinds are small-flowered, late-blooming plants, 
known to many old people as “artemisias.” They have been 
