ECHINACEA DU'BIA. 
ECHINACEjE. 
Order. 
FRUSTRANEA. 
Natural Order. 
composite:. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration . 
Introduced 
Mexico. 
4 feet. 
October. 
Perennial. 
in 1837. 
No. 79-2. 
The name is explained under No. 679. 
This handsome flower appears late in the season, 
indeed, the autumnal months possess the privilege 
of being embellished by nearly all the showy flowers 
of the order Composite ; just as if it were a greater 
effort of nature to perfect a compound flower, than 
to produce those beautifully simple children of the 
spring — the Snowdrop, the Primrose, and Violet. 
There is, however, one prominent exception — one 
“ wee tipped flower” which is compound, and is 
every where, and at all times. It is the Daisy — 
often called beautifully simple, but is, in reality, 
beautifully compound and elaborate, and offers an 
example of the order. Let that pleasing botanist, 
Rosseau, describe it. He says, “ Look at it well, 
for I am sure you would have never guessed from 
its appearance, that this flower, which is so small 
and delicate, is really composed of between two 
and three hundred other flowers, all of them per- 
fect, that is, each of them having its corolla, stamens, 
pistil, and fruit. Every one of those leaves, which 
are white above and red underneath, and form a 
kind of crown round the flower, appearing to be 
Flor Cab. 131. 
Class. 
SYNGENESIA. 
