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OF 



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MEADOW SAFFRON. 



'Tis a lovely thought to mark the hours 



As they float in the light away, 

 By the opening and the folding flowers, 



That laugh to the summer's day. 



Thus has each moment its own rich hue, 



And its graceful cup or hell : 

 In whose colour'd vase may sleep the dew, 



Like the pearl in an ocean shell. 



Hemans. 



Colcliicum autumnale. Meadow Saffron. 



From Colchis, on the Euxine Sea, where this plant grows 

 abundantly. 



Opening Closing 



At 10 or 11 o'clock. At 3 or 4 o'clock. 



