. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. THE MICHAELMAS DAISY. ICHAELMAS DAISIES are not in hio-h repute, for they are not well represented in gardens. A cer- tain number of coarse, weedy sorts have obtained entrance, and have spread far and wide ; and when, liy the artistic eye, they are weighed in the balances and fonnd wanting, the whole race is ccindemned for their defects. But there are in cultivation some truly nolde kinds, and many that are beautiful and useful if not noble ; and their value is in some degree enhanced by the fact of their flowering late in
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. THE MICHAELMAS DAISY. ICHAELMAS DAISIES are not in hio-h repute, for they are not well represented in gardens. A cer- tain number of coarse, weedy sorts have obtained entrance, and have spread far and wide ; and when, liy the artistic eye, they are weighed in the balances and fonnd wanting, the whole race is ccindemned for their defects. But there are in cultivation some truly nolde kinds, and many that are beautiful and useful if not noble ; and their value is in some degree enhanced by the fact of their flowering late in the summer when the gaiety of the garden is overpast. From August to the close of the year is the season of the Michaelmas daisies; one of their number [Ader f/raiirH- fli'inis) is called the "Christmas daisy," because of its late flowering, and it is not at all uncommon for them to fight the frost night after night as the season wears on, and come out triumphant at last in unfolding to. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890; Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909. London : Cassell
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