THE SPRING AWAKENING 



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on their stalks, with faces turned away from the darken- 

 ing sky. But many remain open, and one or two are 

 actually unclosing their flowers, which all day have been 

 fast shut. 



" Of all the floures in the mede, 

 Than love I most these floures white and rede, 

 Soch that men callen daisies in our toun." x 



Ox-eye ff Daisy 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SEGETUM (Yellow 



Ox-eye). 



IV GROWING SLOWLY 

 As we go on, day after day, studying the garden, 

 something else claims our attention. 



l Chaucer. 



