Marguerite

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Marguerite, a popular name for certain daisy-like plants, the word related in origin to the Greek for pearl as also margaritaceous, "pearly;" from the same root is derived the personal name Margaret and others. In florist's usage, the marguerites are species of Chrysanthemum. Blue marguerite is Felicia amelloides, and Reine marguerite of the French is the China aster. There are two types of marguerites, the common one, or Paris daisy, with coarse green foliage, and the glaucous marguerites, with finer cut glaucous foliage. The former, Chrysanthemum frutescens; is better for cut-flowers. The latter, C. anethifolium, is probably better for large specimens. Marguerites are standard useful plants with florists and in the conservatories of amateurs, being of easy culture and remarkably free from enemies. They are cultivated for two distinct purposes,—for cut-flowers and for specimen plants, young plants being used for the former purpose, and older ones for the latter. For cut-flowers, the cuttings are rooted in spring, and the florists usually keep the plants in pots all summer outdoors, though this is not necessary for amateurs, and flowers are produced during the following winter. It is sometimes said that marguerites do not lift well in the fall after being planted out all summer in the garden, and that unrestricted root-room makes the plants too large for the best production of cut-flowers. The principles underlying the matter are as follows: In turning plants out of pots into the open ground in spring, a plant that has filled its pot well with roots tends to make a much more compact root-system in the garden than the plant that had but few roots in its pot, and the former plant is easily lifted in the fall and with less damage to the roots. As a matter of fact, marguerites do not belong to the class of plants that are difficult to lift in the fall, and it is only a question of starting the cuttings early enough in spring to get the plant moderately pot-bound before it is planted out into the open ground. Specimen plants are most attractive in the second winter following the spring in which cuttings were struck. After that they are likely to become too large and straggling. While in the garden, the flowers should not be allowed to form, if the main object is high-grade cut-flowers in quantity for the winter. Old plants that are unfit for further use in the conservatory may be turned out in summer and will furnish scattering bloom all summer, though the flowers are likely to be rather small. If there were sufficient demand, it could be easily managed to have flowers in every month of the year. It is a great pity to cut marguerites without any foliage. The rule is that all flowers look best with some foliage, especially their own. With a little forethought, just as many flowers can be secured, and they will look much prettier and last longer. There are very few conservatories without some marguerites. An excellent plan is to have a number of plants in 6-inch pots from cuttings struck the previous spring. A plant looks bad at first when the flowers have been removed on sprays a foot long, but in a short time they are ready for cutting again. With a little management, a succession of flowers can be maintained without making all the plants thin or unsightly. Such sprays will last a week or two in water, and the opening of the larger buds is an additional feature of beauty which is lost if flowers are cut with short stems and without foliage. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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