See also:

• DAISY (A.S. daeges cage, day's eye)

DAISY (A.S. daeges cage, See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day's See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

eye)  , the name applied to the See also:

• PLANTS

plants constituting the genus Bellis, of the natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order Corapositae . The genus contains ten See also:

• SPECIES

species found in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe and the Mediterranean region . The See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• DAISY (A.S. daeges cage, day's eye)

daisy, B. perennis, is the only representative of the genus in the See also:

• BRITISH

British Isles . It is a perennial, abundant everywhere in pastures and on See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks in Europe, except in the most northerly regions, and in See also:

• ASIA

Asia See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

Minor, and occurs as an introduced plant in See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AMERICA

America . The See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem of the daisy is See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short; the leaves, which are numerous and See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form a rosette, are slightly hairy, obovate-spathulate in shape, with rounded See also:

• TEETH (O.E. Eel); plural of tooth, O.E. top)

teeth on the margin in the upper See also:

• PART

part; and the See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root-stock is creeping, and of a brownish See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour . The See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers are to be found from See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March to See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November, and occasionally in the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter months . The heads of flowers are solitary, the See also:

• OUTER

outer or See also:

• RAY (Lat. raia)
• RAY (or WRAY, as he wrote his name till 1670), JOHN (1628-1705)

ray-florets See also:

• PINK

pink or See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white, the disk-florets See also:

• BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
• BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON

bright yellow . The See also:

• SIZE

size and luxuriance of the plant are much affected by the nature of the See also:

• SOIL

soil in which it grows . The cultivated varieties, which are numerous, See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear finely-coloured flowers, and make very effective See also:

• BORDERS, THE

borders for walks . What is known as the " See also:

• HEN

hen-and-chicken " daisy has the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head surrounded by a brood of sometimes as many as ten or twelve small heads, formed in the axils of the scales of the involucre . The ray-florets See also:

• CURVE (Lat. curvus, bent)

curve inwards and " See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close " the See also:

• FLOWER (Lat. flos, floris; Fr. fleur)
• FLOWER, SIB

flower-head in dull See also:

• WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather and towards evening . See also:

• CHAUCER, GEOFFREY (? 1340-1400)

Chaucer writes " The daisie, or els the See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

eye of the daie, The emprise, and the floure of flouris alle "; and again " To seen this floure agenst the sunne sprede Whan it riseth See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early by the morrow, That blissful sight softeneth all my sorrow "; and the flower is often alluded to with admiration by the other poets of nature .

To the See also:

• FARMER, RICHARD (1735–1787)

farmer, however, the daisy is a See also:

• WEED, THURLOW (1797—1882)

weed, and a most wasteful one, as it exhausts the soil and is not eaten by any See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of stock . In See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French the daisy is termed la See also:

• MARGUERITE

marguerite (p.apyapfrrlr, a See also:

• PEARL
• PEARL, THE

pearl), and " See also:

• HERB (Lat. herba, grass, food for cattle, generally taken to represent the Old Lat. forbea, Gr. 4op(3i1, pasture, <0p/3Ew, to feed, Sans. bharb, to eat)

herb See also:

• MARGARET
• MARGARET (1283–1290)
• MARGARET (1353-1412)
• MARGARET (1489–1541)
• MARGARET, ST (c. 1045–1093)
• MARGARET, ST (SANCTA MARGARITA)

margaret " is stated to be an old See also:

• ENGLISH

English appellation for it . In See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland it is popularly called the gowan, and in See also:

• YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire it is the bairnwort, or flower beloved by See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children . The See also:

• CHRISTMAS (i.e. the Mass of Christ)

Christmas and Michaelmas daisies are species of See also:

• ASTER (Gr. /MrTI P, a star)

Aster; the ,ox-eye daisy is Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum, a common weed in meadows and See also:

• WASTE (O. Fr. wast, guast, gast, gaste; Lat. vastus, vast, desolate)

waste places . B. perennis flore-pleno, the See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double.daisy, consists of See also:

• DWARF (A.S. dweorg, D. dwerg, Icel. dvergr)

dwarf, showy, 3 to 4 in. plants, flowering freely in See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring if grown in See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich See also:

• LIGHT

light soil, and frequently divided and transplanted . The white and pink forms, with the white and red quilled, and the variegated-leaved aucubaefolia, are some of the best .