AMONG THE- WILD’ FLOWERS: 
NV, 
Ir is time to speak of two of our universal 
flowers, which, though troublesome in the gar- 
dens and on lawns, are the glory of our fields 
on the green carpet of spring, and are very 
interesting and perfect specimens of the Class 
and Order to which they belong,—the Daisy, 
Bellis perennis, its English name attributed to 
its being the eye of the day, Day’s-eye, and the 
Dandelion (Dezt-de-lion), Leontodon Taraxa- 
cum, the name probably from its large-toothed 
leaves. Both these are what are called com- 
pound or composite flowers, each single head 
comprising a number of florets, in which the 
Anthers when present are united together in a 
tube. They belong to the Nat. Ord. Composira, 
and Linn. Cl. XIX., Syugenesta, and the same 
description applies to both systems. 
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