Wild Flowers East of the Rockies 379 



COMMON WHITE DAISY; OX-EYE DAISY (Chry- 

 santhemum leucanthemum) (-EUROPEAN) is a nat- 

 uralized, floral citizen. It is so common and has be- 

 come so wide-spread that it is even better known 

 than most of our common native flowers. It is a very 

 beautiful species in the eyes of all not engaged in 

 pursuits agricultural, but to the farmer it is a pest 

 that must be exterminated if he would make hay. It 

 grows in such profusion and multiplies so rapidly 

 that it often forms a snow-white, floral carpet over 

 whole fields. They furnish beautiful bouquets for 

 the home and much amusement for the children. I 

 wonder how many of the lassies, who read these lines, 

 fail to remember the old ditty: '"Rich man, poor 

 man, etc." and the shorter one supposed to conclu- 

 sively prove or disprove the affection of someone. 



This daisy needs no description. We have two 

 very similar kinds differing in the shape of the leaves 

 one being more pinnatifid than the other. The one 

 shown on the opposite page is the most common, a 

 variety of Leucanthemum called (pinnatifidum). The 

 other variety has the ends of the leaves rounded and 

 finely toothed but not cut or slashed. 



FEVERFEW (Chrysanthemum Parthenium) (EURO- 

 PEAN) is found in some places in the East as an es- 

 cape from gardens. The stem grows from 1 to 2 feet 

 tall and is quite branching. The flowers are grouped 

 in clusters; they are much smaller than those of the 

 last species and have a comparatively broader disc 

 of yellow florets. The leaves are broad, deeply pin- 

 natifid and each division further toothed or cut. It 

 is locally naturalized from Mass to N. J. and west- 

 wards. It blooms from June until Sept., the same as 

 does the last species. 



