THE SPRING AWAKENING 



on their stalks, with faces turned away from the darken- 

 ing sky. But many remain open, and one or two are 

 actually unclosing their flowers, which all day have been 

 fast shut. 



" Of all the floures in the mede. 

 Than love I most these floures white and rede, 

 Soch that men callen daisies in our toun." ^ 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SEGETTJM {Yellow 



Ox-eye). 



IV — Growing Slowly 



As we go on, day after day, studying the garden, 

 something else claims our attention. 



1 Chaucer, 



