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the orders, all that you need attend to is the 

 manner in which the two kinds of florets, those 

 with stamens, or with pistils, are distributed in 

 the compound flower. 



We may now go on to the characters of our 

 Daisy. The florets in the centre of the flower 

 have both stamens and pistils; but those in the 

 circumference pistils only. It is then in the second 

 order, Polygamia superflua. The name of the 

 genus is Beriis; which is distinguished from the 

 other genera, of the same order, by the receptacle 

 being conical, without hair or bristles ; the calyx 

 roundish; and the seeds egg-shaped, and with- 

 out down. There is only one native species, the 

 peren'nis, or common Daisy : and its distinctions 

 from the foreign species are, that the flower-stalks 

 have no leaves ; each supporting only a single 

 flower ; and that the root is Creeping, that is, 

 spreading to some distance, and putting forth 

 fibres. The Daisy is in blow almost all the year 

 round, but shuts up its flowers every night, and 

 on the approach of rainy weather. 



You can never fail to procure plants in this class, 

 for it is a very numerous one, and contains several 

 that grow wild in England. Among others, the 

 Dandelion, Leon'todon Tarax'acum ; Burdock, 

 Arc'tium Lap'pa ; Thistle, Car'duus ; Tansey, 

 Tanace'tum vulga're; Coltsfoot, Tussila'gofar'fara; 

 Groundsel, Sene'cio vulga'ris ; the Ox-eye Daisy, 

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