. Our garden flowers; a popular study of their native lands, their life histories, and their structural affiliations. Flowers. COMPOSITE FAMILY Typically, the flower-heads have but a single row of rays, but under cultivation the disk-florets have been converted into rays making the double forms. In some of these variations the original colors have been retained, in others the crimson from the tips of the rays has spread over the entire surface and become variously intensified. In some forms the rays are flat, in others they have become quilled. SWAN RIVER DAISY Brach^come iberidifolia. Brachyc
. Our garden flowers; a popular study of their native lands, their life histories, and their structural affiliations. Flowers. COMPOSITE FAMILY Typically, the flower-heads have but a single row of rays, but under cultivation the disk-florets have been converted into rays making the double forms. In some of these variations the original colors have been retained, in others the crimson from the tips of the rays has spread over the entire surface and become variously intensified. In some forms the rays are flat, in others they have become quilled. SWAN RIVER DAISY Brach^come iberidifolia. Brachycome, Greek, short hair; alluding to the pappus. A graceful little annual from Australia, suitable for borders. Midsummer. Stem.—Six to twelve inches, tufted, slender, leafy. Leaves.—Small, pinnately divided and forked. Brachycome iberi- Flower-heads.—About an inch across; radiant; rays diiiUa violet-blue or white in the type; disk-florets either yel- low or dark. Involucre.—Flat; bracts narrow, scarious at tips. Receptacle.—Naked; pappus short bristles. The Swan River Daisy would naturally be more of a favorite in England than in this country. It is, however, a most charming, free flowering, summer blooming little composite, which wins hearts whenever it has a chance. Under cultivation its colors vary along the line of violet-blue into blues and lilacs and pale- purples to Swan River Daisy. 492. 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 Keeler, Harriet L. (Harriet Louise), 1846-1921. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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