A daisy is a mix of two flowers called a disk floret and a white ray floret. The ray florets are at the periphery and the disk florets are at the center. It is the arrangement of these florets that gives it an appearance of a single flower. This arrangement on daisy is a type of inflorescence known as a capitulum.
Robert M. Gates, the president of the Boy Scouts of America and former secretary of defense, called on Thursday to end the Scoutsâ ban on gay adult leaders, warning the groupâs executives that âwe must deal with the world as it is, not as we might wish it to be.â.
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg worked his way up to Eagle Scout as a member of Troop 11 in Medford, Mass., receiving the rank in 1955. Three-time Super Bowl champ Steve Young was a Boy Scout, reaching as far as the Tenderfoot rank.