. 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. Gardening. 465. Chrysanthemum lacustre. tuse, margined with blunt or sharp teeth, lower ones petioled, upper ones almost sessile, the largest lvs. 5-11 in. long, 13^-2 in. wide. W. Asia.—Typically with short white rays, but when they are absent the plant is var. tanacetoides, Boiss. Costmaky. Mint Geranium. Fig. 464. Also
. 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. Gardening. 465. Chrysanthemum lacustre. tuse, margined with blunt or sharp teeth, lower ones petioled, upper ones almost sessile, the largest lvs. 5-11 in. long, 13^-2 in. wide. W. Asia.—Typically with short white rays, but when they are absent the plant is var. tanacetoides, Boiss. Costmaky. Mint Geranium. Fig. 464. Also erroneously known as lavender. This has es- caped in a few places from old gardens. BB. Fls. home singly on the branches or stems. c. Plants annual: foliage glaucous : rays golden yellow. 13. seg^tum, Linn. Corn Marigold. Annual, 1-lKft. high ; lvs. sparse, clasping, very variable, incisions coarse or fine, deep or shallow, but usually only coarsely serrate, with few and distant teeth. June-Aug. Eu., N. Afr., W. Asia. Gn. 18, p. 195. 1895, , 449.—Var. grandiSlorum, Hort., is a larger-fld. form of this weed, which is common in the English grain fields. The var. Cloth of Gold, III. 12:445, is probably the best. This species is much less popular than P. carina- tum and coronarium. It is also forced to a slight extent for winter bloom. " Segetum" means " of the corn ; 14. multicaiile, Desf. Glabrous and glaucous annual, 6-12 in. high : stems numerous, simple or branched, stout, terete: lvs. fleshy, variable, usually linear- spatulate, 1-3 in. long and %-% in. broad, very coarsely toothed or lobed, sometimes shorter, with few narrow- linear, acute, entire segments about 1 line broad ; rays much shorter and rounder than in No. 13. Algeria. 6930.—Rarer in cult, than No. 13. Said to he use- less as a cut-flower. CO. Plants perennial : foliage not glaucous (except in ivild forms of No. SO). D. Says always white: fls. never double: p
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