COSMEA BIPINNATA. 
DOUBLY-PINNATE-LEAVED COSMEA. 
Class. Order. 
SYNGENESIA. FRUSTRANEA. 
Natural Order. 
composite;. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Mexico. 
3 feet. 
Aug. Sept. 1 
Annual. 
in 1799. 
No. 534. 
The name, Cosmea, is derived from the Greek, 
kosmos, signifying handsome. Although Cosmea, 
as a generic name, has been long established, a late 
author has adopted the Greek name more literally, 
by calling it Cosmos — an alteration, to say the least 
of it, without improvement. Its leaves have much 
variation of division ; the lower ones, however, are 
chiefly twice pinnate. 
The scarcity of the Cosmea bipinnata, may be 
presumed to arise from its seeds being ripened very 
sparingly in England. In warmer parts of Europe 
it is otherwise. When grown, in perfection, it is 
an elegant garden ornament, and as it continues in 
perfection nearly two months, it amply repays a 
little extra attention. 
The only difficulty that can occur, in the culture 
of this plant, arises from the necessity of early sow- 
ing, if it be intended to blossom in the borders before 
winter commences. It should be sown in a pot, 
early in March, forw arded in a hotbed, transplanted, 
two or three plants into each pot, gradually har- 
dened, and turned into the borders early in May. 
Retained in pots it will blossom earlier. 
Hort. Kew. 2, v. 5, 132. 
