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Double White ; Reel ; Red and White Striped ; the Varie- 

 gated ; the Proliferous, or Hen and Chicken, &c. These, 

 indeed, are but double varieties of the Field Daisy, but less 

 prolific, and flowering only for a few months April, May, 

 and June. 



The Annual resembles the Common Daisy, but is not 

 so large : it is a native of Sicily, Spain, Montpelier, Ve- 

 rona, and Nice. 



The Garden Daisy should be planted in a loamy, un- 

 manured earth, and placed in the shade ; as the full noon- 

 day sun will sometimes kill it. The roots should be taken 

 up every year, in September or October, parted into single 

 plants, and put in pots about five inches wide. When in 

 pots, they will require a little water every evening in dry 

 weather, 



Rousseau, in his Letters on Botany, gives a long and 

 beautiful description of the structure of the Daisy. 



BANEWORT. 



SAMBUCUS EBULU8. 



CAPRIFOLIJE. PENTANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 



Dwarf Elder, Wall wort, and Walewort. French, yeble ; hieble : 

 petite sureau : in Provence, saupuden. Italian , ebbio ; ebulo. 



DA^EWORT is a shrub which grows three or four feet 

 high, and bears a profusion of blossoms, of a dull red 

 colour. It is a native of England, and many other parts 

 of Europe ; and was named Danewort among us from a 

 notion that it had first sprung from the blood of the 

 Danes. It blows in July, is very hardy, and likes a moist 

 soil. Its leaves, like those of the common elder, are strewed 

 to keep away moles and mice, which will not come near 



