MICHAKLMAS DAISY. 3S5 



All t,'rcon was vaiiishM, save of Pine and Yew, 

 That still dis{)lay'<l their melancholy hue; 

 Save the green Holly, with its herries red, 

 And the green Moss, that o'er the gravel spread. 



The gloom of heavy masses of dark evergreens 

 may be lessened by clumps of the Michaelmas 

 Daisies ; and they are not the less desirable from 

 their requiring no further care than that of once 

 planting them, and one large root may be divided 

 into so many plants, that the expense of embellish- 

 ing a large plantation with these flowers is not 

 more than the price of a single root of some plants 

 of less beauty, but later introduction. 



The Common IMichaelmas Daisy grows from 

 three to five feet in height, and is therefore not cal- 

 culated for the small flower-garden, excepting to 

 form a shelter and background to more tender au- 

 tumnal flowers. The dwarf variety of this plant 

 produces smaller flowers, which are of a darker pur- 

 ple ; this latter kind contrasts well with the Golden 

 Rod, and may be planted amongst shrubs with a 

 variegated foliage. 



We present these flowers as the happy emblem 

 of cheerfulness in old age, since like that blessino- it 

 contributes towards the enlivening of all who com- 

 pose its circle. 



VOL. II. 



