152 BELLIS 



BfiLLIS (Latin, belhts, pretty). Compdsitcr. Eng- 

 lish Daisy. The Daisy, a3 it grows wild in England, 

 has a yellow center, surrounded bv numerous rays in a 



BENE 



and are placed 3 in. apart in a narrow trench. These 

 edgings must be renewed each year, as the plants, if 

 they grow well, spread too wide, or irregularly. In dry 

 summers many roots fail, and if they remain in the 

 same spot year after year, the Us. will degenerate to the 

 single condition. 

 The simplest wav of propagating and growing Eng- 

 Diisies for --King beddmg in thi.s country is to 

 the seed in shallow boxes about August io. As 

 as large enough to handle, transplant 5 inches 

 apart into coldtrames and when the winter sets in 

 put on the sash giving air wht never the weather may 

 be mild Transplant to the flower beds as early as pos- 

 sible in the spring where in a very short time they 

 will be a mass of bloom and will continue to bloom till 

 the beginning of June when they should be thrown out, 

 and the summer bedding plants 

 planted Lnngf II iw ind Snowball 



220 Begonia Rex 



(See Begonia p 151 ) 



Single row but the favorite cultivated forms are double 

 the rays rising in tier upon tier and frequently crowd 

 mg out every trace of a yellow center. The Engli.sh 

 Daisy is essentially a pink or pinkish fl. in its general 

 effect, the tips of the rays sometimes and the under 

 surfaces usually being pink or red. There are 27 species 

 in the genus, only one of which is American. B. integ- 

 rifolia is found in moist soil from Ky. and Tenn. to 

 Ark. and Tex. , but is too rare and sectional to become a 

 general favorite. The plant tli.it is most commonly 

 called Daisy in Amerira i-- Cli'ru'h.mumLeucan- 

 themum. For an ilhi^tr-!. ■! < ;, ■ „f the various 



plants known as Daisiis in \ ,. . Daisy. 



Daisies are favorite Ij.Mli ! ; .n, . .ml are much used 

 in spring bedding, espniall;, i r .,a-iii-. They thrive 

 in a cool soil and moist atniospliere, and are, therefore, 

 much better adapted to English than American gar- 

 dens. A light mulch is desirable for winter protection. 

 In home gardening, the plants, after flowering, are di- 

 vided into single crowns. These are planted about 6 in. 

 apart in good, rich garden soil. Each crown soon sends 

 out side growths, which, in time, form new crowns. 

 Before winter sets in the young clumps can be moved 

 readily to any place in the garden where they are 

 wanted to bloom. Daisies are also forced by florists for 

 winter bloom. When Daisies are desired for edging 



imedhj the litter method 

 growd from seed 

 white rose quilled and 

 with red 



which are double 

 A dark red is 

 less common. Of 

 kinds prop, by 

 seed, Longfellow is 

 now the best rose 

 colored, and Snowball 

 the best white van 

 ety, the latter being 

 especially prized bj 

 florists for cut-flow 

 ers, as it has long 

 stiff stems. Other 

 varieties are Maxima 

 Snowflake, and Rob 

 Roy, which is per 

 haps the best red 

 v/perSnnis, Linn 

 T'kue ok English 

 Daisy. Hardy herba 

 ceous perennial, d-6 

 in. high : Ivs. clus 

 tered at the root 

 spatulate or obovate 

 fis. 1-2 in. across 

 hairv 

 -June 



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222 Belemcanda Chmens.« (X %). 

 (See Belemcanda p lol ) 



11 II I i\|ES —An interesting but uit perma- 



n. lit 1 nil. 1 1 li 1 a result of overfeeding is the 'Hen- 

 aud ChiLkiii', Dais\ in -nhich a number of small fl.- 

 heads are borne on short stalks springing out of the 

 main fl.-head. Cockscomb forms in which several 

 M apes unitt fci | r hi i ni i ti us flower are some- 

 tiiiii- s, , ,1 i II 1 II iiMtcd The ra^s are 



^"1111 fill' I I tlp\ed or quilled. 



iilli. I 1 1 ' I re Herb Mai garet, 



Lwc or M (I I I \ Bone or Bruise- 



wort, Bone I l.iwtr Mai h I) i \ Burn wort 



J. B Keller E J Canmnc and W M. 



member of the Cam- 



spring flower 

 plants during 

 to allow the n 



beds, the clumps are divided into single 

 the previous September, or early enough 

 3W plants to get a firm hold before winter, 



BELVIDEEE, or Si-msier Cypress. See Kochia. 

 BENE. See Sesamum. 



