PYEETHEUM 



DAISY ORDER 



TANACETUM 537 



The plants, however, are easily in- 

 creased either by seeds or division of the 

 roots. It is best to divide the roots in 

 early spring, rather than in autumn, as 

 experience teaches that when done at the 

 latter period many of the plants are 

 killed during the winter, especially if wet 

 and cold. The reason probablj' is that 

 new roots have not sufficiently developed 

 to be of use to the plant. 



The soil cannot be too rich. A good 

 well-manured loam suits them best, but 

 good plants wiU grow in ordinary soil 

 fairly enriched with humus. A mulching 

 of well-rotted manure or spent mushroom 

 beds in smnmer is beneficial. 



There are many named varieties now 

 grown. The following is a selection : — 



Double Varieties 



WHITE : — Aphrodite, Carl Vogi, La 

 Belle Blonde. Penelope, Princesse de 

 Metternich. 



BLUSH WHITE : — Bocoage, Deesse, Dr. 

 Livingstone, Empress Queen, Florentine, 

 La Vestale, Madame Munier, Nancy, 

 Queen Sophia. 



YELLOW: — Solfaterre, Toison d'Or, 

 Virgo. 



ROSE AND PINK : — Evelyn, Leonard 

 Kelwa/y, Mdlle. Patti, Magician, Paul 

 Journu, Bupert. 



EED, CRIMSON, CARMINE : — Alfred 

 Kehvay, Amethyst, Beauty of LaeJcen, 

 Capt. Boyton, Duchess of Ed/inhurgh, 

 Ernest, Figaro, Imhricatum plenum. 

 King Oscar, Lischen, Meteor, Michael 

 Buchner, Milton, MulUflorum, Ormonde. 



WITH GOLDEN CENTRES : — Diana, 

 Emile Lemoine, I. N. Twerdy, Mar- 

 chioness of Lome. 



Single Pyrethrums 



WHITE - FLOWERED VARIETIES : — Ape- 



mantus, Arrrdda, Da/wn, Empress of 

 India, Magnet, MilUcent, Oliver Twist, 

 Twilight, 



CRIMSON-FLOWERED VARIETIES : — Cer- 

 vantes, Clemence, Conspicuum, Dorothy 

 Kelway, Excelsior, Firefly, F. M. Pea- 

 cock, Francis, Gladiator, Qolconde, 

 Honorable, James Kelway, J. O. Clarice, 

 Juno, LornaDoone, Mikado, Mr. Santley, 

 Mrs. Syme, Ornement, Paul Jones, Peter 

 Barr, Prince Rudolph, Princess Char- 

 lotte, Robert Bruce, Rodney, Saturnus, 

 Scorpio, Stanley, Tasso, Triumph, Vivid, 

 'W. B. Child, Wonder. 



ROSE, PINK, OR PURPLE - FLOWERED 



VARIETIES : — Alice, Alroy, Amoret, An- 

 gelo, Apollyon, Ascot, Bassanio, Beairice 

 Kelway, Belianis, Bellerius, Belvidere, 

 Bertie, Bianca, Bismarck, Blucher, Cas- 

 siope, Conspictoum, Decoy, Dr. Niclwlls, 

 Fanny, Heline, la/nthe, Jessie, La Su- 

 perbe. Libra, Lord Roberts, Lufra, Mac- 

 beth, Marmion, Mine. Orisi, Model, Mrs. 

 Bruce Findlay, Othello, Rufus, Sheridan, 

 Sprightly, Sunbeam, Wagstaff. 



P. Tchihatchewi. — A handsome 

 densely tufted species about 2-3 in. high, 

 native of Asia Minor. Leaves twice 

 pinnately cut, smooth dark green. Flowers 

 in early summer, white rays, yellow disc, 

 small, solitary, on stalks 3-6 in. long. 



Culture and Propagation. — This 

 species is useful for covering dry slopes or 

 banks or under trees. It is usually in- 

 creased by seeds sown in spring in gentle 

 heat, .the seedlings afterwards being 

 planted out about 3 in. apart to make a 

 carpet of the foliage. It may, however, 

 also be multiplied hy dividing the tufts in 

 spring in the southern and western parts 

 of the kingdom where it is not so likely to 

 be injured by the frosts of winter. 



MATRICARIA. — A genus contaming 

 about 20 species, mostly weeds. Leaves 

 much divided with narrow lobes. Flowers 

 white with yellow centres. Eeoeptacle 

 broad, flat, or conical, after flowering. 



M. inodora fl. pi. — This is the double- 

 flowered form of a common British annual 

 or biennial weed. Leaves finely cut and 

 divided. Flowers large, pure white. The 

 stems are somewhat creeping, and form 

 with the foliage a dense carpet, being thus 

 useful for the front of borders, the foot of 

 rockwork &c. 



Culture and Propagation. — The plant 

 grows in any soil and may be increased by 

 division in early autumn or in spring ; or 

 cuttings of the non-flowering shoots may 

 be inserted in sandy soil in spring or 

 autumn, and when well-rooted may be 

 transferred to the open border. 



Seeds may be found in the double 

 forms occasionally and may be sown as 

 soon as ripe in cold frames, and trans- 

 planted In spring. 



TANACETUM (Tansy). — A genus 

 containing about 30 species of annual or 

 perennial, ofteii scented, downy or silky 

 herbs, with alternate, variously out leaves, 

 rarely entire and toothed. Flowers yellow, 

 in small corymbose heads. Florets and 

 achenes often glandular. 



