COMPOSITE FAMILY 



Typically, the flower-heads have but a single row of rays, but 

 under cultivation the disk-florets have been converted into rays 

 making the double forms. In some of these variations the original 

 colors have been retained, in others the crimson from 

 the tips of the rays has spread over the entire surface 

 and become variously intensified. In some forms 

 the rays are flat, in others they have become quilled. 



SWAN RIVER DAISY 



Brach^come iberidifolia. 



Brachycome, Greek, short hair; alluding to the pappus. 



A graceful little annual from Australia, suitable for 

 borders. Midsummer. 



Stem. — Six to twelve inches, tufted, slender, leafy. 

 Leaves. — Small, pinnately divided and forked. 



Brachycome iberi- Flower -heads . — About an inch across; radiant; rays 

 diiiUa violet-blue or white in the type; disk-florets either yel- 



low or dark. 

 Involucre. — Flat; bracts narrow, scarious at tips. 

 Receptacle. — Naked; pappus short bristles. 



The Swan River Daisy would naturally be more of a favorite in 

 England than in this country. It is, however, a most charming, 

 free flowering, summer blooming little composite, which wins 

 hearts whenever it has a chance. Under cultivation its colors 

 vary along the line of violet-blue into blues and lilacs and pale- 

 purples to white. 



Swan River Daisy. 



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