iUwsy. 
tUllS pticimis. Natural Order : Composite—Aster Family, 
ELLIS, the botanical name, is from the Latin bellus , pretty, 
and the French name marguerite , from the Latin mar gar it a, 
a pearl; while the English name is from the Saxon dceges-ege, 
day’s eye, as it opens early in the morning. It is a delightful 
, little plant, blooming freely throughout the spring and summer 
! months, and used in mediaeval times to be worn by ladies and 
mights when they frequented the tournament. Alcestis, wife of 
Admetus, king of Pherae, in Thessaly, was called the daisy queen, as she 
J was supposed to have been transformed into this flower. 
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NNOCENT maid, and snow-white flower; 
Well are ye pair’d in your opening hour; 
Thus should the pure and lovely meet, 
Stainless with stainless, and sweet with sweet. 
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- Whittier. 
/^HILD of the year! that ’round dost run 
Thy pleasant course,— when day ’s begun, 
As ready to salute the sun 
As lark or leveret — 
Thy long-lost praise thou shalt regain, 
Nor be less dear to future men 
Than in old time; — thou not in vain 
Ait natui e S ta\Oiite. — Wordsworth. 
'T'HE daisy scatter’d on each mead and down, 
A golden tuft within a silver crown; 
Fair fall that dainty flower! and may there be 
No shepherd graced that doth not honor thee! 
— Browne. 
OTAR of the mead! sweet daughter of the dav, 
Whose opening flower invites the morning ray, 
From the moist cheek and bosom’s chilly fold 
lo kiss the tears ot eve, the dew drops cold! 
Sweet daisy, flower of love, when birds are paired, 
’Tis sweet to see thee, with thy bosom bared. 
Smiling in virgin innocence serene, 
Thy pearly crown above thv vest of green. 
— Dr. Leyden. 
DY dimpled brook and fountain brim, 
The wood-nymphs, deck'd with daisies trim, 
Their merry wakes and pastimes keep. —Milton. 
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