TANACETUM. 



ftraight loofe hairs. Flower-Jtalh panicled, hairy, leafy, 

 fomewhat corymbofe. Flozuers fmall, hcmirplierical, rather 

 convex, yellow, with few or no radiant florets. Calyx-fcales 

 acute, rather lax, roiighifli, with thin p;Je edges. 



13. T. orientak. Silky-leaved Oriental Tanfy. Willd. 

 n. il. (Abfinthiuin orientale incanum, capillacco folio, 

 iloribusin capitulum congeftis; Tourn. Cor. 34.) — " Leaves 

 iilky and hoary ; the radical ones pinnate ; leaflets in three 

 deep, linear-thread-fliaped, acute fegments ; ftem-leaves in 

 three deep, lanceolate fegments. Panicle denfely corym- 

 bofe." — Native of Armenia. Root perennial. Leaves of 

 the root and barren ftems about three-quarters of an inch 

 long, on ftill longer footjlalks ; tliofe of the flowering Hem 

 broader, their fegments flat, occafionally divided. Panicle 

 corymbofe, terminal. Flowers feflTile, in round heads, upon 

 crowded ftalks. Calyx downy. Receptacle naked. Wllld. 



14. T. annuum. Annual Tanfy. JLinn. Sp. PI. 1184. 

 Willd. n. 12. Ait. n. 3. (Santolina corymbis fimplicibu* 

 faftigiatis, foliis hnearibus confertis ; Mill. Ic. t. 227. f. I. 

 Elichryfon ; Cluf. Hift:. v. 1. 326. Elyochryfon, five 

 Coma aurea ; Ger. Em. 645.) — Radical leaves doubly pin- 

 nate ; thofe of the ftem deeply pinnatifid, downy ; their 

 fegments fhai-p-pointed. Corymbs level-topped. Calyx- 

 fcales oblong, hairy. — Native of Spain and Italy. Very 

 foon introduced into our gardens, where it proves a hardy 

 annual, flowering in July and Augufl:. TWJlem is two or 

 three feet high, round, furrowed, much branched, clothed 

 vrith innumerable fmall crowded pinnatifid leaves, of a rather 

 hoary green. Flowers yellow, in terminal flat corymbs ; the 

 fcales of their calyx unequal, imbricated, keeled, hairy, 

 tipped with a rounded membrane. 



15. T. obtufum. Blunt-leaved Cape Tanfy. Thunb. 

 Prodr. 147. Willd. n. 13 — " Leaves doubly pinnate, 

 finooth ; leaflets linear, obtufe. Heads of flowers folitary, 

 fmooth." — Found by Thunberg at the Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



16. T. grandiflonnn. Large -flowered Cape Tanfy. 

 Thunb. Prodr. 147. Willd. n. 14. — " Leaves doubly pin- 

 nate, villous ; leaflets linear, acute. Heads of flowers foli- 

 tary, downy." — From the fame country We have not 



feen either of the two laft fpecies. Willdenow underftands 

 Thvuiberg's expreflion, cjpkulis folitunis, as mcsxAngJloribus 



foUtariis ; but the fuppofition of fo great an inaccuracy is 

 fcarcely warrantable. We therefore preferve the original 

 fenfe ; whether it be accurate or not mufc remain with the 

 author. 



17. T. mulliflorum. Many-flowered Cape Tanfy. Thunb. 

 Prodr. 147. Willd. n. 16. — " Leaves doubly pinnate, vil- 

 lous ; leaflets- acute. Panicles compoimd, level -topped." — 

 Found by Thunberg at the Cape. 



18. T. myriophyllum. Millfoil Tanfy. Willd. n. 17. 

 " Ejufd. Achill. 50." (Achillea bipinnata ; Linn. Sp. PI. 

 1265. Ptarmica orieatalis incana, fohis pennatis, femiflol- 

 culis florum vix confpicuis ; Tourn. Cor. 38.) — Leaves 



. doubly pinnate, downy ; leaflets ovate ; thofe of the item 

 toothed ; of the radical leaves entire. — Native of the Le- 

 vant. Only tg be feen perhaps in Tournefort's hcrbariiuTi, 

 or in coUeftions extraAcd from thence. 



ig. T. vulgare. Common Tanfy. Linn. Sp. PI. 1 1 84. 

 Willd. n. 18. Ait. n. 4. Fl. Brit. n. I. Engl. Bot. 

 t. 1229. Woodv. Med. Bot. t. 115. Fl. Dan. t. 871. 

 (Tanacetum ; Ger. Em. 6jo. Matth. Valgr. v. 2. 259. 

 Camer. Epit. 650.) — ,S. T. crifpum anglicum ; Ger. Em. 

 650. — Leaves doubly pinnatifid, Iharply ferrated, naked — 

 Native of banks, hedges, and borders of fields, in moll 

 parts of the middle of Europe ; very frequent in England, 



flowenng m July and Auguft. Root perennial, creeping, 

 Nerl> two feet high, leafy, dark green, with a (Iroiig b.nl. 

 fannc icent, and bitter talle. It was formerly more ufed 

 than at prefent to give a flavour, as well as a green colour, to 

 a rich knid of pudding. The lea-ves are copious, felfile, a fpaii 

 long, fometimes a little hairy underneath ; clafping the Item 

 with tlicir dilated bafe. Flowers compoCwg a large, flattifli, 

 terminal, golden corymbus. The raJiiij is fcarcely remark- 

 able but in hot fcafons, though its rudiments may' generally 

 be detefted. The curled-leaved variety is efteemed moll 

 aromatic and wholefome. 



Willdenow's fiftcentii fpecies, T. monanlbot, Linn. Mant. 

 Ill, having a fcaly receptacle, is referred to Santolina, 

 (fee that article,) in the Prodr. Fl. (kaeca, by the fpecific 

 name of S. rigida. This is a deprell'ed annual jilant, with 

 doubly-pinnatifid jjointlefs leaves ; fingle-flowered afcending 

 hiury jalis ; and a hairy calyx, whofe fcales are nearly equal. 

 T\Kj!owcrs arc yellow. This is a native of Cyprus, and 

 very nearly akin to S. anthemoides, Linn. Sp. PI. 1 1 80 ; 

 whofe calyx is imbricated on all iides, and its leaves have 

 briftle-pointed fegments. 



Tanacetum, in Gardening, furnifltcs plants of the her- 

 baceous and fhrubby perennial kinds, among which the 

 fpecies mod: commonly cultivated are, the common tanfy 

 (T. vulgare) ; the annual tanfy (T. annuum) ; the coft- 

 mary tanfy (T. balfamita) ; the Siberian tanfy (T. fibiri- 

 cum) ; the flirubbv tanfy (T. fufl"ruticofum) ; and the fan- 

 leaved twify (T. flabelliforme). 



Ill the firit fort there are varieties with curled leaves, 

 called double tanfy ; with variegated leaves ; and with larger 

 leaves, which have little fcent. 



Method of Culnire — All the different herbaceous fpecies 

 are increafed by parting the roots, and by feed. 



In the firll mode the bufinefs is effefted by flipping or di- 

 viding the roots in autumn or winter, wlien the ftalks are 

 decayed ; or early in fpring, before new ftalks (hoot forth ; 

 planting the flips at once where they are to remain ; thofe for 

 the kitchen-garden, as the common tanfy, &c. in anv bed or 

 border a foot and a half afunder ; and thofe intended for va- 

 riety in the pleafure-ground, fingly here and there, at 

 fuitable diitances, to elfeCl a proper diverfity. 



The feed faved in autumn fhonld be fown in the fpriner 

 following, in beds of light earth, broad-call and raked in, 

 when the plants will foon come up, and in July be fit to 

 prick out in beds, in rows a foot afunder ; fome to remain, 

 and others to be planted out in autumn where they are to 

 grow. 



All the fhrubby forts are callly increafed by cuttings of 

 the branches, which Ihould be planted any time in fpring 

 and fummer, choofing the yoimg and moft robufl fhootf, 

 which fhould be cut off in proper lengths, and if early 

 in fpring, &c. be planted in pots of good earth, feve« 

 ral in each, plunging them in a hot-bed, where they will 

 be rooted, and fit for potting off feparatcly in fix weeks ; 

 or if in fummer, the young flioots may be planted in the full 

 ground, in a fhady border, or where they may be fhaJed 

 v.'ith mats from the fun ; or in ])ots, ajid placed ni the fliadc, 

 or under a garden-frame, &c.: in all of which methods, 

 giving plenty of water, they will readily take root ; but 

 thofe in the hot -bed will be fonvardell : they, iiowever, will 

 all be well rooted the lame feafon, and Ihould then be trani- 

 planted into feparate pots, and managed as other fhrubby 

 greenhoufe plants. See Gkef.n-hoUsk Plants. 



Moft of the former forts require to be afterwards kept 

 free from weeds, culling down the decayed ftalks annually 

 in autumn ; and as the roots increafe fafViato large bunches, 



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