212 WILD FLOWER FAMILIES 



ROBIN'S PLANTAIN. The Robin's Plantain 

 seems to be generally a hillside or roadside flower, 

 where its Aster-like blossoms may be seen as 

 you walk or drive along in early June. Blue 

 Spring Daisy is an appropriate name by which 

 it is sometimes called. The ray florets are blue- 

 purple while the center florets are yellow. It 

 is a widely distributed species and one of the most 

 interesting of the early flowering plants of the 

 Composite family. 



WHITE DAISY. The Ox-eye Daisy or White 

 Daisy is one of the most abundant blossoms of 

 early summer in many parts of the United States. 

 It is a pestiferous weed in neglected meadow 

 lands, and grows in great numbers along the road- 

 sides. This is the flower of which Bliss Carman 

 wrote : 



Over the shoulders and slopes of the dune 

 I saw the white daisies go down to the sea ; 



A host in the sunshine, a snowdrift in June, 

 The people God sends us to set our hearts free. 



And how beautiful they are, even if they have 

 crowded out the grass of the meadows to the 

 despair of the owners. They yield a rich harvest 

 to the eyes of all discerning beholders, and may 

 be used in unstinted abundance in interior decora- 

 tions. But in the latter case they should not be 

 crowded into jars and vases. Out of doors they 



