Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-06-11
FLOWER GARDEN.
THR MARIaoLI,

THE MARIGoLI'.
The Marigold-s name pleasantly
suggestive of some charming MARY who
" as so beautiful that she needed only
blossom for her dovry-was flower OF
fashion three generations ago II was
given an honored place IN the garden
Il was gathered TO I'LL the blue vases
that graced the "keeping-room' man
tel. or TO place in the wide belt of the
bellies short-waisted gowns. Then
came period when tickle fancy
changed, when ii was regarded as
coarse, and banished to the kitchen
garden TO occupy some out-of-the-way
corner as an humble pot-herb. Now 1t
is again restored to favor and very de-
servedly, for il adds more TO the bril-
liancy Of the garden than almost any
other flower; il Is a dazzling sight,
with its vide range of brilliant colOrlng
from the palest yellow to hame-llke
orange "A veritabls cloth-of-gOld- And
even the once despised odor, now
that all sorts Of odd things are IN vogue
is found 10 be delightfully."- pungent.
The true Marigold, Calendula officin-
ais, is indigenous to the south of Eur
opc, and has long been cultivated for
its medicinal qualities, as we'll as for a
pot-herb The genus Tagetes Is a ma
tive of Mexico and of South America,
whence few years since 1t
brought 10 France. 1t is not without
its folk-lore-the French call il SOUciS
(cares), and it is carefully excluded
from the flowers with which the coun-
try folks tell their fortunes The Cal
endula is also in disfavOr for this pur-
pose, as it is considered unfavorable to
faithful love-its language being var
Iously given as jealous love- and ''con-
tempt
The Germans give the Calendula a
pretty name, riHg"i-biyfH3", rIng-tlower,
while by some authors its language Is
gwen as sacred affection" We are
told that il was called Calendula he
cause some of the species were sup
posed to be in blossom every month Of
the calendar. The poets loved the
flower the ardent MsriGold, KEATS
called II. SHARESPE ARE numbers II with
the flowers of middle summer.'
"Tur Marigoid that goes TO bed with the sun,
And with him rises weeping
The ease with which this flower Is
cultivated should be one of its recon-
meudatious for prominent place in
the garden. A we'll prepared bed of
good rich soil in which to transplant
from the hot-bed, or IN which 10 SOW
the earlier varieties Is all that Is neCes-
sarv. While some Of the Tagetes var
ieties are better planted n the hot-hed,
the Caleudulas NAV be sown IN the open
ground. and once established Will self
SOW, furnishing plenty of material for
rlhbon-beds. | saw an extremely ef-
fective bed Of this sort last season IL
ran parallel with hedge At the foot of
a slopiug lane two rows of Euphorbia,
or Ncdusa-head formed the back
ground and two rows Of Calenlulas
the foreground. The contrast betwe,n n
the pale green and snow white Of the
Euphorbia m1rgiuata and the delicate
hut brilliant yellow and orange Of the
Caleudulas was charming. An oval
bed of Calcndulas bordered with scar
let Phlpx Is effective.
The Meteor Is an excellent variety Of
Mar gold, but the Prince Of Orange Il
even more shovy. II Is perfect IN form
and regularly MAJ ked, the stripes
around each petal are Of deep orange
color, making a brilliant appearance
OF the sn-called African varieties, Fl
Dorado Is the acknowledged king The
plants are large and bushy, of good
habit, and single plants have been
known 10 have from seveuty-hve TO one
hundred flowers In full bloom at one
time. The blossoms are globular, as
HtEItClAN ANuD4e Us q SHOW I0LAAts anu
of enormous size. They embrace many
shades OF yellow, from its paIest prIm-
rose 70 lemon golden aud deep glowing
oranges.
Among other sorts, the old-t.me Ia
getes signata pumIla should be planted.
IL forms a symmetrical bush, Slobular.
with rich green foliage, and densely
covered with yellow flowers. The best
effect Is secured by planting the tall
African varieties IN background and
and the dwarf French as a foreground.
The latter have among them many
shades from delicate yellow to the rich
est maroon, and are both self colored
and mottled and striped IN an infinite
variety of markings.
IL Is good plan for every amateur
to have some specially. and whoever
makes one of the NIarigold, IN ITS diff
ferent varieties, viii have a display
which Will be unique and unrivulled in
brillIancy of colOrIng.
ABA MARIE PECK.
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