J an. “White, the vate ioe red, aad. the double 
' ema pyed. Daily. | : 
Thefe were extremely prized, till farther Ex- 
cellence from the fame Stock degraded them. 
The three Kinds were produced more double, with 
their Petals raifed in Bubbles; and afterwards. 
thefe twifting into a Kind of irregular Tubes, | 
gave the quill’d Daify, a very dlesant Flower. 
.:Thus long the Daify kept its Form tho’ dou- 
ie but more Care and Culture burft the Flower 
into another Shape: inftead of the original and 
natural. circular’ Form, the Daifies a thefe 
three Kinds now burtt their flight Cups ir- 
regularly, and fpread into an unequal Flatnefs 
. eRe and, waved. 
_,This, as , it appeared fingular, was valued ; 
asia, tho’ an Imperfection, became confidered ‘as 
a Beauty. And hence the Coxcomb- daify, white 
red,, and fpeckled. 
Laft of all,. a better Culture a the great 
| double red Daily, inftead of throwing the Flow- 
er out of its natural Shade, fwelled it in that 
Form .to a greater Size and Thicknefs, and 
raifed from its Centre at the Footftalk, an Off- 
{pring of little Daifies fupported on flender Pedi- 
cles, and: making an outfide Ornament. 
This is the State in which we figure the 
Plant, and treat of it in this Place, under the 
Name of proliferous Daify : the Gardener calls it 
Hen and Chickens. 
Linn 2s confidering it as a Variety, names 
it under the Title of Bellis hortenfi is prolifera. Its 
diftinctive Name with him in the common fingle 
State is, Bellis feapo nudo, naked ftalk’d ee ; ; 
ut the. fame Luxuriance which in this Variety 
raifes the. Offspring about the parent Flower, 
puthes out fome fmall Leaves on the Stalk. | 
The Root and Leaves refemble thofe a the 
original plain Daify, except that they are lar- 
ger, a and every Way more luxuriant. 
The Root fends out more Fibres; and the 
Leaves where they are moft full, have the 
middle Veins a little redifh; and are irregularly 
wav'd, or bluntly indented on the Edges. 
The Stalks are numerous, tall in Propor- 
tion to thofe of the common Daify, of a pale 
ereen, but a little redifh at the Bottom, and 
- fometimes naked ; fometimes decorated with a 
little filmy Leaf. 
On the Summit of each Stalk ftands one prin- 
- cipal Flower farrounded with five or fix minute 
ones. 
The Scat Flower is fo large, the Stalk 
ufually bends with it, and its Colour is red, 
more or lefs variegated with white: the little 
Flowers are paler. The Seeds are placed after-_ 
wards upon a fwelling Receptacle. 
To acquaint the Student with the Structure of 
the Flower in this Plant, we muft refer him to 
its plaineft and fimpleft State. 
Here, as in other Cafes, the Garden courts 
the Eye ; but sib is to be ftudied in the 
Fields. 
_ The Flower, when no Part of it is altered or 
obliterated by Culture, is of the compofite radia- 
ted Kind; and confifts of two Sorts of Flofcules. 
The Cup wherein it ftands, is form’d of an ir- 
i 
ice es “A COMPLEAT BODY 
Characters of the Clafs are to be read : the ligu- 
lated or flat have only the Female. | 
The Filaments in the tubular Flofcule, are 
five, and their Buttons coalefce into a Cylinder. 
This’ fhews the Plant is one of the Syngenefia, 
and as they ripen their own Seeds, as well as 
impregnate the Rudiments of thofe in the Female 
| Flowers, the Plant is one of that Divifion, in 
| which:the various Impregnation is unneceflary, 
the Polygamia Superfua of Linn aus. 
Culture of the Prouirerous Daisy. | 
The original Method of producing thofe fe- 
veral Varieties we have named from the com- 
mon Daify, has been by Seed, and in that Man- 
ner they may ftill be raifed by thofe who 
| fhall from Curiofity try the Experiment, begin- 
ning with the Seeds of the common Daify, iid 
every Year fowing thofe of the beft Kinds that 
have been produced, with due Care. 
This is an Article of great Confequence, 
as a. general Confideration, tho’ not with Regard 
to this particular Species 5 and we fhall in a 
fucceeding Number, give it at large under. the 
Head of raifing phe Flowers. | 
At prefent our Gardens are fo well ftocked 
with all the Varieties, and this proliferous Kind. 
among the reft, that it would be idle from any 
other Motive than Curiofity, to fow them. 
They are encreafed eafily, by parting the: 
- Roots ; and always thrive the better for it: keep-- 
ing their Kinds and Colours regularly under this 
Management; tho’ when left feveral fucceflive 
Years dnremoved, they will by Degrees dwindle 
into a common Field Daify. 
No Compoft is required for them, their own 
Earth in its beft Condition an{wering the Pur-' 
pofe better than any Mixture: but to preferve 
them in full Beauty, this fhould be yearly 
changed. 
For their firft Reception, let there be chofen 
/ an Eaft or Weft Border ; for the South Sun and 
the Northern Chillnefs, are both improper. 
Let there be laid in this a Quantity of rich 
pafture Earth, fuch as is of a firm metipolis 
tion, and of the loamy Kind. 
About the Middle of September, let this be 
got ready; and let fome good Roots. parted 
from:a thriving Stock be fet in it, at eight 
Inches diftance. 
Let them have Water if the Seafon be dry, 
and they will flower foon in Spring; and 
fome at this more early Period. sha 
After the firft Plantation, nothing is requi- 
red, but that the fame Care be every Autumn 
repeated. Let the Roots be taken up at. that 
Car- 
s 
ried 
Seafon: the Earth in which they had grown! 
| regular Namber of Leaves equal in Size; and Jan. : 
the two Kinds of Flofcules are difpofed, as is | 
ufual in the compofire Kinds ; the tubular, which : 
are moft numerous in the Difk, and the ligula-_ 
| ted, which are not. a few upon the Edge. 
| | The tubular Flofcules contain both Male and 
Female Parts: it is in thefe therefore, that the 
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