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I PARTAKE YOUR SENTIMENTS. 
GARDEN DAISY. 
Within the garden’s cultured round, 
It shares the sweet carnation’s bed. 
J. MONTGOMERY. 
The daisy, like many other plants, under¬ 
goes a considerable change, when transplant¬ 
ed from its native field to the cultivated par¬ 
terre. To preserve them, however, in their 
altered state, it seems necessary to divide the 
roots and transplant them every year. They 
thrive best in a moist loamy soil, without 
any admixture of manure; and continue in 
flower for a longer period if shaded from the 
heat of the mid-day sun. 
The garden daisy has been adopted to ex¬ 
press reciprocity of feeling, in reference to 
an ancient custom in the days of chivalry. 
When the mistress of a knight permitted him 
to engrave this flower on his scarf, it was 
understood as a public avowal that she par¬ 
took of his sentiments. Leyden has favour¬ 
ed us with some beautiful lines on the daisy, 
in which he alludes to this custom : — 
Star of the mead! sweet daughter of the day, 
Whose opening flower invites the morning ray, 
