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" For who but He who arched the skips, 



And pours the day-springs living flood. 

 Wondrous alike in all He tries, 



Could raise the Daisy's purple bud. 

 " Mould its green cup, its wiry stem, 



Its fringed border nicely spin, 

 And cut the gold embossed gem, 



That, set in silver, gleams within. 

 " Then fling it unrestrained and free, 

 O'er hill and dale and desert sod, 

 That man, where'er he walks may see 

 In every step the stamp of GOD !" Mason Good. 



OX-EYE. CHRYSANTHEMUM. 

 GREAT WHITE OX-EYE. Chrysanthemum leucanthemum. 



Plate 13, fig. 8. 



Leaves oblong, blunt, notched and cut at the lower part. 

 Stem erect, branched, one foot or more high. Flowers large, 

 yellow in the centre part, and pure white around the edges. 

 This is a very beautiful flower in appearance, like a Marigold 

 or very large Daisy. It closes up at night, or before a storm, 

 and is common in fields and near the sea. 



" There gay Chrysanthemums repose, 



And when stern tempests lower, 

 Their silken fringes softly close 

 Against the shower." Strickland. 



O. S. Corn Marigold, or Yellow Ox-eye, not very rare in corn fields, 

 and may be known at once by its entirely golden color. 



FEVERFEW. PYRETHRUM. 

 COMMON FEVERFEW. Pyrethrum parthenium. 



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Leaves twice pinnate, stalked. Flower stalks branched, 

 growing into a corymb or head. Flowers yellow in the centre, 

 white and short in the ray. Calyx downy. The plant is 

 known for being a fine bitter medicine, useful for its strength- 

 ening properties. It grows in waste places and in hedges. 

 O. S. Scentless Feverfew, which is common in many places. 



WILD CHAMOMILE. MATRICARIA. 

 COMMON WILD CHAMOMILE. Matricaria chamomilla. 



Plate 13, fig. 10. 



In fields and on hedge-banks, almost every where, grows six 

 or eight inches high. Flowers in July, though often called 



