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can be seen; and sometimes less double, having a 

 small brown spot of a thrum in the middle; and 

 sometimes but of two or three rows of leaves with 

 a large brown thrum in the middle : every one where- 

 of is somewhat broader at the point and nicked in 

 two or three corners, of an excellent fair, deep, 

 gold-yellow color in some, and paler in others, and 

 of a pretty strong and resinous sweet scent. 



"There is no difference between this and the single 

 Marigold but that the flowers are single, consisting 

 of one row of leaves of the same color; either paler 

 or deeper yellow, standing about a great brown 

 thrum in the middle. Our gardens are the chief 

 places for the double flowers to grow in." 



Another description is contained in the famous 

 "Gardener's Labyrinth" by Didymus Mountain 

 (Thomas Hill) : * 



"The Marigold, named of the herbarians Calen- 

 dula, is so properly termed for that in every Calend 

 and in each month this reneweth of the own accord 

 and is found to bear flowers as well in Winter as 

 Summer, for which cause the Italians name the same 

 the flower of every month. But some term it the 

 Sun's Spowse, or the follower of the Sun; and is of 

 some named the Husbandman's Dial, in that the 



"See p. 68. 



