128 FLORA DOMESTICA. 



The Annual resembles the Common Daisy, but is not 

 so large : it is a native of Sicily, Spain, Montpelier, Ve- 

 rona, and Nice. 



The Garden Daisy should be planted in a loamy, un- 

 manured earth, and placed in the shade ; as the full noon- 

 day sun will sometimes kill it. The roots should be parted 

 every autumn : they should be taken up in September or 

 October, parted into single plants, and put in pots about 

 five inches wide. When in pots, they will require a little 

 water every evening in dry weather. 



Rousseau, in his Letters on Botany, gives a long and 

 beautiful description of the structure of the Daisy. 



DANEWORT. 



SAMBUCUS EBULUS. 



CAPRIFOLIEiE. PENTANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 



Dwarf Elder, Wallwort, and ^Valewort. — French, yeble ; hieble ; 

 petite sureau : in Provence, saupuden. — Jtalian, ehhio; ebulo. 



Danewort is a shrub which grows three or four feet 

 high, and bears a profusion of blossoms, of a dull red 

 colour. It is a native of England, and many other parts 

 of Europe ; and was named Danewort among us from a 

 notion that it had first sprung from the blood of the 

 Danes. It blows in July, is very hardy, and likes a 

 moist soil. Its leaves, like those of the common elder, are 

 strewed to keep away moles and mice, which will not come 

 near them. The elder tree is supposed to be prejudicial 

 to persons reclining under its shade. 



