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3Em£:eli0m. 



iJaravaCUin Licns-lcnnis. Natural Order: CoiiipusitiC— Aster Family. 



^ ^~'"'' I RIOUS — extremely so sometimes — is the formation of our 

 iMiglish words; thus, Dandelion is from the French dent dc 

 lion, this being itself from the Latin dens leonis — each signi- 

 r\ing lion's tooth, because of the indentation of the leaves: 

 but the e in the original first word is changed to </, because 

 that approaches nearer to the sound than does our e. There 

 two species of this plant: the one above named, and one called the 

 ^Dwarf Dandelion, the Latin name of which is Kriegia Virginica, named 

 Rafter Dr. Daniel Krieg, an eminent German botanist, who visited this 

 country to pursue his th\orite stud\'. The Taraxacum (from the Greek 

 tarasso, I change, on account of its medicinal properties) is larger, and 

 ^'f>Hf is familiar to evervone, as its golden blossoms gleam bright and fre- 

 ''^*' tiuent through the grass. The stalks are round and hollow, bearing 

 each a single flower: and the seeds, when ripe, possess a globular fringe of 

 feathery down, which buoys them up, and they float off" like the thistle seed on 

 the surrounding air. In spring, when the leaves are tender, they are boiled and 

 dressed for the table. 



r^ANDELION, with globe of down, 

 L' The sc:hoolbo_v's clock in every town, 

 W'hich tlie triumt puffs amain, 

 To conjuie lost hours back again. — /-^ 



ing bloom 

 perfume ; 



'pHINE full manv a pie;: 

 • Of blossoms lost to al 

 Thine the dandelion flowers. 

 Gilt uitli dew like sun witli showei 



'T'HE sunnv days of childhood 

 ' In simple joys are passed; 

 .\nd, like the early summer flower. 

 Too frail and fair to last. 



T^HE singing of the happy birds 



*^ Again I like to hear: 

 They carry back my memor\' 

 To many a bygone \ear. 



— .S-, A. .!/;»«■ 



Yet memory, ever in delight. 

 Turns to those happy hours. 



When skies above were ever bright, 



Tlie ]>athway strewn with flowers, 



— II ■////./«; R. Lavjren 



