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BLUE BOTTLE. Of this Genus there are no less order s . 



The central 



than seventy-seven species, and its botanical name is Flirets n2vin s 



J c ' bah parts of 



said to be derived from the Centaur Chiron, the pre- fructification 



r c mplete, 



ceptor of Achilles. whie . tnose in 



r the circum- 



It is a common plant in corn-fields, and is a good fere n ce h ™" 



* ' O neither Sta- 



example of this Order. It blossoms in June and the ™'£ a nor p - 5 - 

 two succeeding months, and the petals are of a beautiful 

 blue, though sometimes white and purple. The juice 

 of the central florets, with the addition of a very small 

 quantity of alum, is said by Boyle to make a lasting 

 transparent blue, not much inferior to ultramarine ; 

 but as at this time the plant is not at all cultivated for 

 the purposes of painting or dying, I fear subsequent 

 experiments have proved unfavourable to its use as a 

 permanent colour. 



GARDEN MARIGOLD grows wild in the ;ri « 



° The cen; 



southern countries of Europe, as the south of France Fluret3 navi "£ 



r Stamina oniv. 



The cemral 

 'lorets navir 

 lamina tniy, 



and Italy. Of this species there are several varieties. ? - nd th c ~ ?' "- 



J rets of the cir- 



cumference 



According to Linnaeus's observations these flowers are 

 open from nine in the morning till three in the after- 

 noon. The regular expansion of flowers attracted 

 early notice ; and in the poems of Rowley there is an 

 allusion to this property in the Marigold. 



" The Mary-bud that shutteih with the light." 



And in Shakespeare it is thus expressed : 



" The Marygold, that goes to bed wi' the sun, 

 And with him rises weening." 



only I-'?.. Ila. 



