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compound flowers ; the species are li flora, comaurea, cernua, 

 ciliata, and nivea. Light sandy soil is the best. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM. 



Gen. Char. (Syngenesia P. Superflua.) Florets of the disc with 

 both stamens and pistils, — of the ray, pistils only ; involucre 

 hemispherical, imbricated, with scales, the borders of which are 

 membranous ; receptacle naked ; pappus none. 



Named from the Greek for gold and flower, from many 

 of the blossoms being yellow. Besides the plants of this 

 genus grown in the garden, a few should be introduced into 

 the greenhouse ; C. Sinense, the well-known Chinese Chry- 

 santhemum, cultivated under shelter, continues in flower 

 long after those in the garden are over ; its varieties &re so 

 numerous in colour and size that the house may be made gay 

 with these flowers alone if due attention be paid to their 

 cultivation. There are two distinct kinds : those growing 

 tall, and producing large flowers, and others, called Pom- 

 pones, forming a dwarf and more compact plant, and having 

 numerous but smaller blossoms. 



