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the common dandelion is not a native of our country, 

 but was brought here by the white man, with whom 

 it soon made a home on the red man^s lands. 



Ox-eve Daisy '^^^^ familiar daisy which is so much 

 Chrysa7ithemum beloved of the children is really a 

 chrysanthenmm, very closely related 

 to the magnificent golden flower of Japan, which has 

 reached such gigantic proportions through cultiva- 

 tion. In early summer the fields are white with the 

 flower, and its presence in the grass is so annoying 

 to the farmer that it has been called farmer's curse. 

 Still, for all that, the golden-eyed, white-rayed little 

 thing is sesthetically perfect, and artists as well as 

 children love the flower for its own sweet simplicity. 

 The little pink English daisy is only cousin to our 

 daisy ; in fact, it is not a chrysanthemum, and it does 

 not grow wild in our country as it does in England 

 and on the Continent. Tlie ox-eye daisy, like the 

 dandelion, was brought to this country by the white 

 man. It blooms in early summer. A near relative of 

 the daisy, which flowers in June, is the pyrethrum 

 {C. Parthenium)^ which has run wild, especially in 

 Xew York, from old gardens. It has loose clusters 

 of crimson-pink or white flowers, in form resembling 

 the ox-eye daisy. The variety under cultivation 

 called Roseum supplies us with the w^ell-known Per- 

 sian insect powder. C. parthenioides, or double- 

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