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names given to flowers. This one is even excep- 

 tionally long. But it happens to have a meaning, 

 which more than redeems its length Chrysanthe- 

 mum leucanthemum. 



The former word simply means golden-flowered, 

 the latter white-flowered. The two together say 

 " the white and golden flowered." What could be 

 simpler and more expressive than this ? It is no 

 more than a description of what one sees, such as a 

 child might give the white rays, the golden disc. 



More refined than horse - gowans, more poetic 

 than ox-eye daisy, it only yields in sweetness, 

 though not in expressiveness, to marguerite. 



The rage is, perhaps, not so great as it was ; that 

 is only what one expects of all such sudden fancies. 

 The love of change is universal, and prevents one 

 favourite reigning for many seasons with those 

 who, without inherent tastes, affect what others 

 admire. But nothing can ever again wholly close 

 the senses against the unadorned loveliness of this 

 flower. Many will continue to visit its haunts, 

 and bring it back with them to purify and beautify 

 their rooms. 



The main association in my mind, between the 

 poppy and the marguerite, is their common pre- 

 ference for a railway embankment. Sometimes 



