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be) B. perennis, (Linn.) perennial, or common Daisy. The word 
Daisy is a compound of days, and eye, Days-eye, from its opening 
and closing its flower with the day light. Engi. Bot. t. 424. 
Locality. Banks and pastures. P. FV. March, October. Area, 
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. In meadows, pastures, and on grassy slopes, the 
“wee modest crimson tippet flower,” made classical by the genius 
of Burns, and the early associations of us all, greets the eye; nor 
is it unwelcome or obtrusive anywhere but on the smooth shaven 
lawn or trim grass-plat, which, in spite of the conventional dis- 
approbation its usurpation receives, we cannot but think rather 
adorned than defaced by its presence. And who is there that in 
childhood’s hour, the brief but joyous interval betwixt helpless 
infancy and sportive youth, hath not joined the prattling rosy 
throng, 
‘¢To gather Kingcups in the yellow mead, 
And prink their hair with Daisies?” 
A proliferous variety of the capitulum of this plant (Bellis perennis) 
has recently been observed by Mr. James Hussey, growing by a 
road-side about three miles from Salisbury. It is uncommon ina 
wild state. 
Sotmaco, (Liny.) Gorpen Ron. 
Linn. Cl. xix. Ord. ii. 
Name. From Solido (Lat.) to close a wound, in allusion to its 
_ supposed properties as a vulnerary; hence it is sometimes called 
Wound-wort. 
1. 8. virgaurea, CLinn.) common Golden Rod. Virgaurea is 
compounded of virga, signifying a rod, and aureus, golden; in 
reference to its long wand-like raceme of golden flowers. Engi. 
Bot. t. 301. Reich. Icones, xvi. 911. 
Locality. In woods, copses, and hilly places. P. Fl. July, 
August. Area, 1.* 3.4.5. Not general in Wilts. 
South Division. 
1. South-east District, ‘Not uncommon in woody lanes, about 
_ Alderbury and Downton,” Dr. Maton. “Nat. Hist. Wilts.” 
_ “Landford,” Rev. EZ. Simms. “Neighbourhood of Salisbury,” 
Mr. James Hussey. 
