202 FROM A MIDDLESEX GARDEN 



or Flower of the Sunne, Flos So/is, wherewith every one is 

 nowadayes familiar, being of many sorts/* 



To-day many of the sunflowers in Nature's own wayside 

 gardens open their golden petals. The dense growths of the 

 banks literally sparkle with heads of ragwort (Senecio Jacobse), 

 and one may at times find the tall ploughman's spikenard 

 (Inula Heknium) ; by riverside the fleabane also lights its 

 clusters of golden suns, helping to swell the golden tint 

 that welcomes Autumn. 



