extent; the variety with double flowers is the one most commonly
cultivated, and this we find in almost every garden: it flowers from
July to September, and is propagated by parting its roots in autumn.

This is a hardy plant, of ready growth, will bear the smoke of London
better than many others; if it continues in the same spot for a great
number of years, the blossoms are apt to become single.

The single sort, according to MORISON, was introduced before 1699 by
Lord LEMSTER. _Ait. Kew._

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BELLIS PERENNIS _var._ MAJOR FLORE PLENO. GREAT DOUBLE DAISY.

_Class and Order._

SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA.

_Generic Character._

_Recept._ nudum, conicum. _Pappus_ nullus. _Cal._ hemisphaericus: squamis
aequalibus. _Sem._ subovata.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

BELLIS _perennis_ scapo nudo. _Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14._ _Murr. p.
770._

BELLIS hortensis flore pleno. _Bauh. Pin. p. 261._

BELLIS minor hortensis flore pleno. Double Garden Daisy. _Park. Parad.
p. 322._

The daisy, a plant common to Europe, in its wild state delights in open
situations, which are moderately moist, its root is perennial, and
increases greatly; the usual colour of its flowers is white, the florets
are sometimes tipt with red, but more frequently red on the under side.

When double, the daisy becomes much more ornamental, and in this state
many varieties of it have long been cultivated, very generally in
gardens; those principally found in our nurseries are

The large double daisy with florets of a deep red colour on the under
side, figured on the plate; the flowers of this sort will sometimes
expand nearly to the size of a half-crown piece, and are the most shewy
of any that we have seen; the foliage of this sort is also
proportionably larger.

The pale red double daisy, more delicate in its appearance, but smaller,
varying in its shades of colour.

The pure white double daisy.

The deep red double daisy; in this the petals are usually tubular or
quilled.

Besides these, there are

The coxcomb double daisy, both red and white, in which the flowering
stem rises up preternaturally flattened, and carries on its summit a
long-extended ridge of flowers, frequently of an enormous size; this
monstrous production seems to arise from the coalescence of two or more
flowering stems: and as it is of accidental origin, so we find that a
dais