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a stem some three feet high. Well may tlie Germans 

 term it the " keeper of the ways." It opens its flowers 

 at eight o'clock in the morning and closes them at four 

 in the evening. 



" TIius in each flower and simple bell 



That in our path untrodden lie 

 Are sweet remembrances which tell 

 How fast the winged moments fly." 



The bright yellow blossoms of the Corn Marigold 

 (Chrysanthemum segetuvi) stud the fields for several 

 mouths in the year. Under the old names of gold, 

 goules, yellowbottle, and St. John's bloom it has been 

 celebrated by poets from Chaucer downwards. The 

 marigold and Marybuds of Shakespeare are different 

 plants. The first is the Chrysanthemum coronarium, 

 the garden variety ; and the second the marsh mari- 

 gold. The golden flowers grow singly on a tall angular 

 branched stem, but the foliage ia smooth and of a light 

 green tint. 



Another handsome plant is the Field Knautia 

 (Knautia arvensis), which, though much taller, is 

 frequently taken for the scabious. Its lilac head is 

 slightly convex, but the outer row of florets are much 

 larger than those in the centre. The root-leaves are 



