32 FAMILIAR WILD FLOWERS. 



and below him stand or kneel the representatives of the four 

 quarters of the globe a negro of the blackest type, though 

 not really so black, perhaps, as he is painted, for spear and 

 shield are laid aside and on bended knee he offers his floral 

 gifts ; beside him is the red man of America, and behind are 

 female figures typical of Europe and Asia. In the back- 

 ground is a group of would-be British readers, though the 

 artist has not ventured to put them in the habiliments 

 of every-day life. Clad in flowing togas, they reach 

 with outstretched arms for the scroll the genius of Health 

 advances towards them, and here, alas ! the author's 

 modesty failed him, for the scroll bears the words 

 "British Herbal, 1756." 



/. fulva, the orange touch-me-not, a plant of North 

 America, has fully established itself, and is very commonly 

 met with along the banks of the Wey and other Surrey 

 streams. The flowers are smaller and of a deeper colour 

 than in the species figured. 



