= the, end of all, just as “hale, concluding winter comes at _ 
130 THE ROYAL FAMILIES OF PLANTS. 
Thoroughwort have a good reputation, and Chamomile 
flowers have scented the saddle-bags of every village doc- 
tor since the days of the Pilgrims. We will not forget, 
besides, that excellent’ oil is obtained from some; such a 
plant is largely raised in India for this purpose, where 
they call it Ramtil.. Sunflower seed produces oil, it is 
said, but a species of Madia seems, according to experi- 
ments in Europe, to have great superiority as an oil- 
bearer. Pasquier informs us that it gives as much oil to 
the acre as Poppies, twice as much as Olives, and thirty- 
two parts where Linseed yields only twenty-one. 
To those who love floral display, however, for its beau- 
ty alone, caring little for the degree of more material use- 
fulness that may be found in connection, the great family 
of the Asterids is a perfect treasure-house. They swarm 
in every garden, they shine in every green-house, and no ~ 
bouquet is complete without them. The Sunflower and 
Marigold bring their “barbaric pomp and gold,” the 
Dahlia, a hundred hues and all splendid, forever tempting 
the gardener, and forever disappointing him; the Asters 
have piquant sprightliness, and the Daisies and Fever- 
fews a pure and lovely modesty. Then we have Gaillar- 
dias, Pyrethrums, Humeas, Rhodanthes, Cacalias, Gaza- 
nias, Centaureas and Catamanches, some of which have _ 
common names, and more have none, all replete with — 
beauty, and sure to be favorites wherever flowers are reck- 
oned with the beloved. Nor must there be forgotten, at _ 
PETEERE Fs SON Pee MER Re eA Tete te sake ee E 
tast, and shuts the scene,” the sterling Chrysanthemums, | 
ever choice with the florist, ever grateful for the garden- ` 
er care, ever heedless. of E S and chilly cine and 
