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 638 DAISY DAISY, or Day's Eye (lellis perennis, Linn.), a little perennial plant, native of Europe, and better known in its varieties than as a species. It was formerly employed for edgings to bor- Daisy (Bcllis perennis). ders. In a wild state, the flower is borne upon a long slender peduncle. The florets or petals are numerous, narrow, white tipped with a slight stain of crimson, in a single row around the central florets of the disk. By cultivation it has become very double or multiplex, and has run into many curious and beautiful varie- ties. Of these the hen and chickens (prolifera) is the most singular, where the main flower heads are surrounded by several smaller flower heads. Besides this, the older sorts were the large double and the double quilled, the latter a deep rich crimson, with globular heads, and mostly cultivated as a pot plant. Of late years Ox-Eye Daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum). considerable attention has been directed to raising new sorts of diverse hues. Division of the plants, which make numerous offsets, is an easy and practicable mode of propagation. DAKOTA The ox-eye daisy (chrysanthemum leucanthe- mum), is a plant which abounds in the fields both of England and the United States. It is sometimes called daisy, but more properly ox- eye daisy or whiteweed. It is perennial, with a stem about 2 ft. high, bearing numerous large flowers with white rays and a yellow disk. It propagates with great rapidity, and when it gets possession of grass land is difficult to eradicate. DAKOTA, a territory of the United States, lying between lat. 42 30' and 49 N., and Ion. 96 20' and 104 W., bounded N. by British America, E. by Minnesota and Iowa, S. by Nebraska, and W. by Wyoming and Montana territories; average extent N. and S. nearly 450 m., E. and W. 350 m. ; area, 150,932 sq. m. Most of the territory W. and S. of the Missouri river is unorganized. The rest is divided into 83 counties, viz. : Armstrong, Ashmore, Beadle, Bonhomme, Boreman, Bottineau, Bramble, Brookings, Buffalo, Burbank, Burchard, Bur- leigh, Campbell, Cass, Cavileer, Charles Mix, Clark, Clay, Cragin, Davidson, Deuel, Douglas, Edmunds, Faulk, Foster, French, Gingras, Grand Forks, Grant, Greeley, Gregory, Ham- lin, Hand, Hanson, Howard, Hughs, Hutchin- son, Hyde, Kidder, Kingsbury, Lake, Lamoure, Lincoln, Logan, Lyman, McCook, McHenry, McPherson, Mercer, Meyers, Mills, Miner, Minnehaha, Moody, Morton, Mountraille, Pem- bina, Pratt, Presho, Ramsey, Ransom, Renville, Richland, Rolette, Rusk, Sheridan, Spink, Stan- ley, Stevens, Stone, Stutsman, Sully, Thomp- son, Todd, Tripp, Turner, Union, Wallette, Wai- worth, Wetmore, Williams, Wood, and Yank- ton. The oldest counties lie in the E. part along the Minnesota border, and in the S. E. along the Missouri river. The only considerable town is Yankton, the capital, situated in the S. E. corner of the territory, on the Missouri river, and having a population in 1870 of 737. According to the census, the population of the territory in 1860 was 4,837, of whom 2,261 were Indians not sustaining tribal relations; in- 1870, 14,181, which includes 94 colored per- sons and 1,200 Indians. There were 5,234 male citizens of the United States 21 years old and over. Of the population in 1870, 9,366 were native and 4,815 foreign born. Of the natives, 2,088 were born in the territory, 1,273 in New York, 1,044 in Iowa, 677 in Pennsylvania, 638 in Illinois, 635 in Ohio, 607 in Wisconsin, and 361 in Minnesota. Of the foreigners, 1,179 were born in Norway, 906 in British America, 888 in Ireland, 563 in Germany, and 380 in Sweden. There were 945 persons, excluding Indians, 10 years old and over, unable to write, of whom 727 were more than 21 years of age ; 1,144 children attended school during the year. The greater portion of the white population are in the S. E. part of the territory along the Mis- souri river ; they are chiefly engaged in agri- culture. The tribal Indians number about 29,- 000, including 26,216 Sioux, 735 Poncas, and 2,200 Arickarees, Gros Ventres, and Mandans. There are 2,000 Yankton Sioux on a reservation