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other white blossoms. The White Daisy in the 

 neighbourhood of Yellow Crocuses or blue flowers, 

 and the striped and variegated kinds, are seen to 

 most advantage when surrounded only by the green 

 foliage of flowers that blossom at a later season. 

 The varieties of the Double Daisy are not confined 

 to its different colours, as some of them, instead of 

 being composed of flat petals, are entirely formed 

 of a mass of fistular florets, or little pipes ; these are 

 distinguished as Quilled Daisies. The most sin- 

 gular variety is the Proliferous Daisy, commonly 

 called the Childing or Hen and Chicken Daisy, 

 because the flower is surrounded by a number of 

 smaller flowers, which are produced from the sides 

 of the principal flower, but out of one and the same 

 calyx. These little secondary Daisies appear like 

 satellites revolving round a nobler star ; and we, 

 therefore, submit the name of Saturnia for this 

 luxuriant variety, in preference to that of Hen and 

 Chicken Daisy. 



