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DAISY. 
“The Daisy has been made the emblem of 
innocence, because it contributes more than 
any other flower to infantine amusement and 
joys of childhood. Who can see or hear the 
name of this interesting plant without being 
carried back in imagination to his earliest 
pleasures ? Who can behold it “ powdering 
the meads ” at returning spring, without a 
thousand delightful recollections of days, 
when nature first unfolded her beauties to 
his enraptured eye 1 —The Daisy is a favour¬ 
ite with man, woman, and child : it is the 
robin of flowers. Turn it all ways, and on 
every side you will find new beauty. You 
are attracted by the snowy white leaves, con¬ 
trasted by the golden tuft in the centre, as it 
rears its head above the green grass : pluck 
it, and you will find it backed by a delicate 
star of green and tipped with a blush-colour, 
or a bright crimson. 
“ Daisy with their pinky lashes ” 
are among the first darlings of spring, and are 
in flower almost all the year. 
“ In France, the children form a playful 
circle, and strip off a petal each from the 
single daisy repeating, II m’ aime un pen, 
passioncment,pas du tout* and so on to the 
last, fearing all the time to pronounce the 
word in which the circle should finish. 
“The Daisy, according to'the Linnaean ar¬ 
rangement belongs to the class Sy)igenesia 
and order Polygamia Superflua. 
* He loves me a little, ardently, not at all. 
