. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 18. Leuc4nthemum, Linn. Ox-ete Daisy. White- weed. Fis. 407 Glabrous weed, 1-2 ft. high : root-lvs. long-petioied, with a large, oval blade and coarse, rounded notches; steni- Ivs. lanceolate, becom- ing narrower towa
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 18. Leuc4nthemum, Linn. Ox-ete Daisy. White- weed. Fis. 407 Glabrous weed, 1-2 ft. high : root-lvs. long-petioied, with a large, oval blade and coarse, rounded notches; steni- Ivs. lanceolate, becom- ing narrower toward the top, serrate, with few distant and sharp- er teeth. June. July. Eu., N. Asia. —One of the commonest weeds in the eastern states, being the characteristic plant of New England's wornout meadows. The daisies are never cultivated, but they are often gathered for decoration, and make excellent cut-flowers. See, also, Dnisy. DD. Hays tnany-cot- ored : fts. often double: the com- mon '^Chrysanthf- mums " of the flo- rists. 19. Indicum, Linn. {V. Jap 6 Hie urn, Thunb.). The wild plants native to China and Japan are dwarfer than C. morifolium, with Ivs. thinner, more sharply cut, and green on both sides, not glau- cous : involucral scales with wider and more scarious margins : no 467. Ox-eye Daisy, or Whiteweed. chafT" fls. smaller nu- [ChrysanthemumLeucanthemum.) njerous, and with rays always yellow ana short, not much longer than the involucre. For pictures of wild plants, see G. C. III. 8: 565 and G. M ii 729 - Neither this species nor the next grows wild in Indn, and the name given by Linnteus was inappropinte This species has varied greatly in cultivation, and its progeny has been hybridized with that of C. mo} ifolium Neither species in its pure form is in cultivation Un- fortunately, it is not possible to deflnitelv trace the origin of any of the main horticultural types races or sections. See historical sketch above. C. Indicum !•-, often used in Germany in
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