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those that the Greeks call Heliotrope and we call 

 Sunflower, not only rejoice at the sight of the sun, 

 but follow with loving fidelity the attraction of its 

 rays, gazing at the Sun and turning towards it from 

 its rising to its setting." 



Very charmingly does George Wither, a contem- 

 porary of Shakespeare, refer to this: 



When with a serious musing I behold 



The grateful and obsequious Marigold, 



How duly every morning she displays 



Her open breast when Phoebus spreads his rays; 



How she observes him in his daily walk, 



Still bending towards him her small slender stalk; 



How when he down declines she droops and mourns, 



Bedewed, as 't were, with tears till he returns ; 



And how she veils her flowers when he is gone. 



When this I meditate methinks the flowers 



Have spirits far more generous than ours. 



Margaret of Orleans, grandmother of Henri IV, 

 knowing well the legend of the flower, chose for her 

 device a marigold with the motto, je ne veux suivre 

 que lui seul. 



In the reign of Henry VIII the marigold was often 

 called "Souvenir" and sentimental ladies wore 

 wreaths of marigolds mixed with the heartsease. To 

 dream of marigolds denoted prosperity, riches, suc- 

 cess, and a happy and a wealthy marriage. As the 



