30 THE CORN-FIELD. 



account of their brilliant colour, and equally 

 worthy of being examined at home for the sake 

 of observing their curious brush-like seeds. Then 

 there are " Corn Cockles,"* with their large rose- 

 coloured petals, and narrow green calyx leaves 

 showing their tips from underneath " Fumi- 

 tory,"-)- with its delicate green leaves, and small 

 flowers, much resembling tubes of pink glass 

 tipped with dark purple Wild Scabious, very 

 like a plant that grows in gardens, sometimes 

 called " Mournful Widow," only it has lilac 

 flowers, instead of dark purple " Pimpernel," J 

 sometimes called " Poor-man's weather-glass," be- 

 cause by shutting its flowers before rain, it tells 

 poor men who have no weather-glasses that it is 

 going to be wet " Mouse-ear," with its tiny 

 blue flowers, very like the " Forge t-me-not,"|| 

 which grows in watery places, only much smaller ; 

 we will have nothing to do with those flaunting 

 " Red Poppies," ^f for besides that they will stain 

 our fingers, they do not smell at all agreeably : 

 but we will complete our bouquet with two or 

 three heads of " White Clover," ** which though 

 they are not remarkably pretty, will, when it draws 

 towards evening, become so fragrant as to make 

 up for the want of perfume in many of the others. 

 And now, having gathered a handful, let us pro- 

 ceed on our ramble. 



* Agrostemma Githago. t Fumaria capreolata, 

 Anagallis arveusis. Myosotis urvensis. 



|| Myosotis palustr is. TT Papaver R/neas. 



** Tri folium repens. 



