THE DAISIES 
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PART III.—FLOWERS 
Introductory Notes 
It will be easy to identify any of the wild flowers 
described in this book from the notes given, if suit¬ 
able collections have been previously made by the 
scholars: e.g., If Tarweed flowers required, a col¬ 
lection of all the yellow flowers, not dandelions or 
buttercups, and not more than a foot high, would 
probably contain these, which will be recognised 
from descriptions herein of flowers and leaves. If 
Centaury flowers, a collection of all pink or red 
flowers, other than clovers, from pasture paddocks 
and meadows would be almost certain to include 
some. As full-grown leaves of the flower plants 
will help to ensure correct identification, it is advis¬ 
able to request scholars to bring the whole of each 
plant, except the roots, when they make collections 
for lesson purposes. 
Nearly all the wild flowers described in the fol¬ 
lowing pages are accounted as weeds by the farmer 
and gardener; but there are very many common 
weeds not mentioned in this book, because they 
are not sufficiently “attractive” to be considered 
as “flowers" by young scholars. 
THE DAISIES 
GENERAL Several species, of which the five 
given below are seen most frequently in New Zea¬ 
land, all have flower heads consisting of a yellow 
central “disc” with an outer “ray” of white petals. 
