88 WILD FLOWERS OF SCOTLAND 



the benefit of lazy tourists, should fresh scenes be 

 needlessly invaded, in the hope that the eye will 

 get accustomed to the outrage ; and, in time, the 

 unsightliness will be hidden away under the white 

 and crimson robe of marguerite and poppy. 



When the chrysanthemum leaves the railway 

 embankment, it follows the dry compact turf in 

 search of some natural slope to scatter down. It 

 pauses on the edge of the fields to hail its golden- 

 haired sister over the heads of ripening grain. 



The poppy parts with its fair companion at the 

 fence and takes another way. Turning aside from 

 the turf, it crosses the dyke, or passes through the 

 hedge among the corn. There, in the later weeks, 

 we shall find the crimson glowing against the 

 straw colour, and gaily floating on the shadow 

 billows, along with the golden-haired sister of the 

 chrysanthemum. 



