NATURAL HISTORY. 
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DAISY. 
^ he daify, being of an agreeable afpedf, 
was called by the Romans, bellis, from bellus, 
/. e. handfome. The daify has fmall, oblong 
fmooth leaves, both intended, and otherwife : 
in the middle of thefe leaves rife little, long 
ftalks, tufted with a radiated flower, which 
is fometimes white, red, and variegated. 
The daify, for its fimplicity of beauty, and 
being the early grace of our banks and mea- 
dows, has been ever, andjuftly, one of the 
mod charming fubjeids of padoral poetry. To 
gather them, is the fird pleafure of lifping 
infancy; and to view them, is the fird delight 
of the humble cottager. Although this plant 
produces feed, yet thofe who cultivate them 
in their gardens, replant the fplit roots. It 
grows very low ; and is a mod proper and 
beautiful border, either in the flower or 
kitchen garden. 
TUBEROSE 
Is a fort of hyacinth, called hyacinthus indi- 
cus. Although this plant is from fuch a did- 
ance as Afia, yet it is now plentiful in mod 
parts of Europe, i'he tuberofc has, growing 
from its roots, feveral leaves, about fix inches 
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