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C)icrariuiU (pTOlUniii. Natural Order: Composita — Aster Family. 



FEW varieties of the Hawkweed from France and Italy are 



to be found in our gardens. The blossoms of the cultivated 



' jilints are 3'ellow, silvery, or red in color. The flowers of 



the above native plant are yellow, and throughout Canada 



J and the United States it is found in the woods in dry situa- 



^j^'^tions. The stalk is about two feet high, and the blossom 



PL -us during the months of August and September. The ancients 



iposed this, as well as the other species, to strengthen the sight of 



ids of piey. The classic name is derived from icrax, a hawk, on 



account ot the properties ascribed to it. 



TONG while I sought to what I might compare 

 -"-^ Those powerful eyes, which lighten my dark spirit, 

 Yet found I nought on earth to which I dare 

 Resemble the image of their goodly light. Spenser. 



pREATURES there he of sight so keen and high 

 ^ That even to the sun they bend their gaze; 

 Others who, dazzled by too fierce a blaze, 

 Issue not forth till evening vails the sky. 



—Petrarch. 



TJER lively looks 

 ■^ ^ Quick as her e 



iprightly mind disclose, 

 and as unfixed as those; 

 Favors to none, to all she smiles extends. 

 Oft she rejects, but never once oftends. 



—Pope. 



TTLS blazing eyes, like two bright shining fields, 

 Did burn with wrath, and sparkled living fire 

 As two broad beacons set in open fields 

 .Send forth their flames. Spenser. 



■VTOUR hawkeyes are keen and bright. 



Keen with triumph, watching still 

 To pierce me through with pointed light; 

 But oftentimes they flash and glitter 

 Like sunshine on a dancing rill. 



TN her two eyes two living lamps did flame. 



Kindled above, at the heavenly light. 

 And darting fiery beams out of the same. 

 So passing pearceant, and so wondrous bright. 

 That quite bereaved the rash beholders of their sight. 

 —.Spenser. 



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