pose a8 vo van. aybaaigl 
Bexuis PeReNnIsS var. MAJOR FLoRE PLENO. 
Great DovusBte Datsy. 
Shee ei esksek ee eee 
_.. Clafs and Order. 3 
SyNGENESIA PoLyGAMIA SUPERFLUA. _ 
| Generic. Charaer. 
Recept. nudum, conicum. Pappus nullus. Cal. hemifphericus : 
{quamis equalibus.. Sem. {ubovata. a 
’ : Specific Charatter and Synonyms. 1m 
BELLIS perennis {capo nudo. Linn. Sy/?. Vegetab. ed. 14. 
_ Murr. p. 779. po. he 19 ae 
‘BELLIS hortenfis flore pleno. Baub.. Pin. p. 261. . 
BELLIS minor hortenfis flore pleno. . 
‘Double Garden Daify. Park. Parad. p. 322. 
The daify, a plant common to Europe, in its wild ftate 
delights in open fituations, which are moderately moift, its 
root is perennial, and increafes greatly; the ufual colourof — 
its flowers is white, the florets are fometimgs tipt with red, — 
but more frequently red on the under fide. 5 y 
When double, the daify becomes much more ornamental, — 
and in this ftate many varieties of it have long been cultivated, — 
very generally in gardens; thofe principally found in-our — 
nurferies are z cat gtr. gndcly inoy agelg am 
The large double daify with florets of a deep red colour — 
on the under fide, figured on the ‘plate; the flowers of this 
‘fort will fometimes expand nearly to the fize of ahalf-crown 
Be and are the moft fhewy of any that we have feen; the — 
foliage of this fort is alfo proportionably larger. | wielg 
The pale red double daily, more delicate in its appearance, — 
but fmaller, varying in its fhades of colour; = 
The pure white double daify. hnideht ts Sighs Some 
The deep red double daify ; in this the petals are ufually 
tubular or quilled. 9-53 © bom inel i pshiw Go 
’  Befides thefe, there are Rau Vyed: TH Beg 
_ ‘The coxcomb double daify, both red and white, in-which 
the flowering ftem rifes up preternaturally flattened, and — 
carries on its fummit a long-extended ridge of flowers, fre- 
quently of an enormous fize; this monftrous produétion feems — 
to arile from the coalefcence of two or more flowering ftems: 
and asit is of accidental origin, fo we find that a daily which bas 
been a coxcomb one year, {hall lofe that appearance’ entirely 
the next, and out of a long edging of duifies growing luxu- 
| se riantly, 
