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Definition of Barberton daisy
1. Noun. Widely cultivated South African perennial having flower heads with orange to flame-colored rays.
Group relationships: Genus Gerbera, Gerbera
Generic synonyms: African Daisy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Barberton Daisy
Literary usage of Barberton daisy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1901)
"... to a writer in the January Fern Bulletin nearly or quite one-half the plants
in some places show this fall crop of fertile fronds. THE barberton daisy. ..."
2. Natal Plants: Descriptions and Figures of Natal Indigenous Plants, with by John Medley Wood, Maurice Smethurst Evans (1899)
"The well known " barberton daisy " (Gerbera Jamesoni) which is named in honour
of our fellow-townsman Hon. R. Jameson, MLC, belongs to this genus, ..."
3. Flower Grouping in English, Scotch & Irish Gardens by Margaret H. Waterfield (1907)
"The South African Gerbera Jamesoni, sometimes known as the barberton daisy,
succeeds in many gardens. ..."
4. The Garden: An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Gardening in All Its Branches by Esther Baldwin York (1906)
"This is a very handsome and distinct form of the well-known barberton daisy.
Its flowers are of a deep shade of orange-scarlet, with a golden under petal. ..."
5. Thirty-nine Articles on Gardening by Emmeline Crocker (1908)
"... Jamesoni (sometimes spoken of as ' barberton daisy'), with fifteen blooms open
at one time. ..."
6. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1909)
"barberton daisy. From Durban, South Africa. Procured from the curator of the
Botanic Gardens. "The flowers are a beautiful shade of red." (Lewis. ..."
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