120 FLORA DOMESTIC A. 



colours. It makes a fine show in a bouquet too, but will 

 not long survive the gathering. The double flowers are 

 as magnificent as the peony itself. 



The best account of the Dahlia is to be found in the 

 second part of the Transactions of the Horticultural 

 Society, by R. A. Salisbury, Esq. 



DAISY. 



BELLIS. 



CORYMBIFER^E. SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 



The botanical name is derived from the Latin word bellus, hand- 

 some. In Yorkshire called Dog-daisy and Bairnwort. 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 ; paque- 

 rette vivace , paquette; marguerite [pearl]; petite marguerite ; petite 

 consire : in Languedoc, margarideta. Italian, margheritena ; marghe- 

 rita; pratellina [meadow-flower]; bellide; fiore di primavera [spring- 

 tide-flower.] 



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

 common Field Daisy, without a thousand pleasurable as- 

 sociations ! 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 

 will 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 



