MICHAELMAS DAISY. 



detect any valuable property in it ; and because animals do 

 not feed upon it. It is very fragrant, very pretty, and is 

 always a pleasing object in the latter part of Summer in 

 our moist meadows, and by the side of ponds and pools. 



MICHAELMAS DAISY {Aster Tradescanti).—A¥i:^K- 



THOUGHT. 



" We'll pass by the garden that leads to the gate, 

 But where is its gaiety now ? 

 The Michaelmas Daisy blows lonely and late, 



And the yellow leaf whirls from the bough." — Taylor. 



The Michaelmas Daisy begins to display her bloom, when 

 all other flowers are becoming rare. It is as an After-thought 

 of Flora, w^ho bestows upon us a parting smile on her quitting 

 our parterres. 



MIGNONETTE {Reseda odorata). — YoUR QUALITIES 

 SURPASS YOUR ChARMS. 



" Mignonette's meek humble form, 

 Without one tint upon her modest garb 

 To draw the idle stare of wandering eyes, 

 * * * * * rich 



In precious fragrance is that lowly one, 

 So lovx'd for her sweet qualities, that I 

 Slujuld woo her first amid a world of tlowers." — TWAMLEY. 



A i.n ILIC more than a century ago the Mignonette was 

 brtAight to us from ]'^g)'pt. Linn.'uus could think of nothing 

 r to the divine ambrosia wherewith he could compare 



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