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NATURE STUDY NOTES 
(1) FIELD DAISY, also called the “Common 
Daisy.” Found in pasture paddocks, especially if 
badly drained. Flower stems, 1 to 3 inches. 
Popular with very young children for making 
"daisy chains.” Its leaves are prone on the ground, 
forming a small dense mat. 
(2) OX-EYE DAISY, also called the “Dog 
Daisy.” Found in waste lands, by the wayside, and 
in damp pastures. The largest of the daisies—1 to 
3 feet high. It is the only large daisy which has 
leafy foliage—leaves, dark green with lobular edges. 
Flowers, "solitary” on long stalks; when full- 
grown, they are 1^ to 3 inches in diameter. 
(3) CAMOMILE DAISY, also called “Sweet- 
scented Camomile.” Very common, being fre¬ 
quently found in stunted growth at the edge of 
hard footpaths: also grows in waste land and by 
the wayside. Leaves, “indefinite,” somewhat 
resembling soft pine needles: pleasant smell when 
crushed. Flowers, small, \ to f inch diameter. (See 
p. 89.) 
(4) SCENTED CAMOMILE—Resembles No. 3 
in appearance of leaves only, otherwise very similar 
to No. 2, and so frequently mis-called the "Dog- 
Daisy.” 
(5) MALODOROUS CAMOMILE—Leaves res¬ 
emble those of No. 3, but unpleasant smell. 
Flowers, medium size, 1 to 1^ inches in diameter. 
SUMMARY—Given in order of size of flowers: 
Ox-eye Daisy, Scentless Camomile, Malodorous 
Camomile, Sweet-scented Camomile, Field Daisy. 
All are found growing by the roadside, in waste 
corners, and on the banks of streams and ditches. 
