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very familiar illustrations of this. Others, as the salsify 

 (Tragopoyon ])orrifolius),axQ purple, or blue, as in the blue 

 sow-thistle (Mulgedium alpitmni), the chicory (Cichoriu-m 

 Inti/bus), or the corn-flower (Centaur ea Cyanus) ; but the 

 greater number of species are either some tint of yellow, 

 or a combination of yellow and white. The tint of the 

 yellow varies a good deal in various species ; in some it is 

 almost orange, in others a clear, pure golden yellow, and 

 in others, again, sulphur-coloured. The present plant 

 suggests the idea of a number of daisy-heads that have 

 somehow left their low estate and had a rise in life, though 

 we miss the rich crimson tipping of the under surfaces 

 that we all know so well. 



The root-stock of the feverfew is perennial. The 

 stems attain to a height of some two feet, and branch a 

 good deal at the upper extremities, though, as all the 

 branches leave at a slight angle, the general upright look of 

 the plant is preserved. This freedom of branching and the 

 upright effect of the plant as a whole may be very clearly 

 seen in our illustration. The leaves, it will be seen, are of 

 the kind termed pinnate, or feather-like a central line and 

 lateral portions given off from it and each larger mass is 

 again cut into, so as to produce the form known botanically 

 as bi-pinnate, or twice pinnate. The upper ones, the only 

 ones that the small size of our page would allow us to 

 show, are simpler in form than those lower down the plant, 

 and do not show either the depth of cutting into or the 

 number of segments seen in the latter. Even in the few 

 we have represented the progression in form is very marked, 

 those nearest the flowers showing a great simplicity of 

 form when contrasted with the one nearest the bottom of 

 the pages. Besides the larger segments and divisions the 



