DOUBLE DALSY 



OWE of ouv familiar guvdeu 

 I lowers exemjjlilies more pleas- 

 lug'ly than the tlaisy the read}- 

 coiupliaiice of iiatuvo with the 

 reijmrements of art. As the 

 held daisy appears mingled with 

 the rough herbage that is 

 ah'eady forward for the scythe^ 

 it IS wautiiig 111 the eharaetevs 

 that I'oiistitute a proper garden 

 fa\-oiirite. It is beautiful in- 

 deed, >\-ith its |iink-tipped buds, 

 and its silvery vays and goldeu 

 dise ; but ni that simple form 

 it fails to satisfy the taste that 

 W(.iuld adopt it as a domestie 

 Hciwer. Arid so the florists have 

 improved itj or, if the term 

 " improved " is oljjeeted to, we 

 tliey have modihed it m accordauee with their 

 actions of the necessary pjvoperties of a garden daisy. The 

 yellow disc has been abolished ; the flower is enlarged to 

 twice or thrice the size of the original; the form is that of 

 a hemispherical cushion^ consisting of closely-set tlorets^ the 



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