THE MEADOW. 



year if their seeds, as well as their leaves, were 

 eaten by cattle ? 



Before we quit the Meadow, I must call your 

 attention to a little flower, which it will be well 

 worth your while to gather and examine very 

 closely. The Daisy,* or, as I suppose, it was ori- 

 ginally written, the day's eye, received its name 



THE DAISY. 



from its being a bright, cheerful, light-loving 

 flower, growing in places where it might bask 

 all day long in the rays of the sun. If you look 

 at this attentively you will discover that it is not 



* Bellis perennis. 



