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as common in the meadows and corn fields as our little favourite \ 

 in the pasture. Its golden disk and silver rays make a brilliant \ 

 show among tangled grasses, or the red Poppies of the corn \ 

 field. The beautiful Chrysanthemums, the autumnal ornaments i 

 of the gardens of the south and of greenhouses in the, north, ' 

 are the own sisters of our poor Ox-eye, -i 'Jf% ^ { '^ t/ f^^ m 



The Yellow Ox-eye, or Corn Marigold, is less * common, 

 though growing in great abundance in some districts. I was 

 delighted once to find a few plants in a corn field in Wilt- 

 shire, but last year I could have gathered a whole stack of it. 

 Fields and waste ground were golden with its blooms about 

 Callander, Oban, and in the Isle of Arran. The Germans 

 call it " Gold Blume," and its Latin name means gold (C. sege- 

 tum, Plate XL, Jig. 9). Shakspeare honours it with his 

 notice : 



" The Marigold that goes to bed wi' the sun, 

 And with him rises weeping." 



And Keats is diffuse in its praises : 



' Open afresh your starry folds, 

 Ye ardent Marigolds! 



Dry up the moisture from your golden lids ; 

 For great Apollo bids 



That in these days your praises should be sung 

 On many harps which he has lately strung ; 

 And when again your dewiness he kisses, 

 Tell him I have you in my world of blisses." 



In Denmark these Marigolds are such a nuisance, that a law 

 is made compelling the farmers to eradicate them. 



The common Feverfew (Pyrethrum parthenium), grows in 

 waste places frequently. The flowers have yellow centres and 

 white rays. They are arranged in a corymb, and the leaves are 

 powdery. The scent of the whole plant is aromatic. 



The Corn Feverfew is equally common. Its leaves are of a 

 bright green, pinnate, with thread-shaped segments. Its flower 

 is large and solitary. My specimens of both are from the 

 neighbourhood of [Richmond. 



The Sea Feverfew has a reddish tinge in the centre of the 



