DAISY. 

 DAISY. 



BELL1S. 



COllYMBIFERJE. SYNGENES1A POLYGAMIA SUPEKFLUA. 



The botanical name is derived from the Latin word bellus, handsome. 

 In Yorkshire called Dog-daisy and Bairn wort- The word Daisy is a 

 compound of day's and eye, Day's-eye ; in which way, indeed, it is 

 written by Ben Jonson. French, la paquerette ; paquerette vivace ; 

 paquette; marguerite [pearl]; petite marguerite; petite consire: in 

 Languedoc, margarideta. Italian, margheritena ; margherita; pra- 

 tellina, pratolina [[meadow-flower]]; bellide; fiore di -primavera 

 spr in gtide- flower .^j 



WHO can see, or hear the name of the Daisy, the common 

 Field Daisy, without a thousand pleasurable associations ! 

 It is connected with the sports of childhood and with the 

 pleasures of youth. We walk abroad to seek it ; yet it is 

 the very emblem of home. It is a favourite with man, 

 woman, and child : it is the robin of flowers. Turn it 

 all ways, and on every side you will find new beauty. 

 You are attracted by the snowy white leaves, contrasted 

 by the golden tuft in the centre, as it rears its head above 

 the green grass : pluck it, and you find it backed by a 

 delicate star of green, and tipped with a blush-colour, or a 

 bright crimson. 



" Daisies with their pinky lashes" 



are among the first darlings of spring. They are in flower 

 almost all the year : closing in the evening and in wet 

 weather, and opening on the return of the sun : 



" The little dazie, that at evening closes.'' 



SPENSER. 



" By 1 a daisy, whose leaves spread 

 Shut when Titan goes to bed." 



G. WITHERS. 



No flower has been more frequently celebrated by our 

 poets, our best poets ; Chaucer, in particular, expatiates at 



