206. HIDDEN BEAUTIES OF NATURE 



nearly over our heads. The daisies have followed 

 his course, and are now standing in vertical order. 

 The earth continues his daily rotation until the sun's 

 rays fall obliquely upon our extensive carpet, and all 

 the daisies, as if sorry to be parted from its benign 

 influence, keep their gaze in his direction until their 

 stems reach a similar angle to that commenced in 

 the morning, only towards the opposite point of the 

 compass, and they only close for the evening as their 

 friend says ' Good-bye.' Thus an arc of many 

 degrees has been described by each of the millions 

 of ' white and gold ' flowers on our hill-side. This 

 is but one of Nature's simple performances, yet it is 

 rarely noticed. 



