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same showeth to them both the morning and eve- 

 ning tide. Others name it the Sun's Bride and 

 Sun's Herb, in that the flowers of the same follow 

 the Sun as from the rising by the South into the 

 West ; and by a notable turning obeying to the Sun, 

 in such manner that what part of Heaven he pos- 

 sesseth they unto the same turned behold, and that 

 in a cloudy and thick air like directed, as if they 

 should be revived, quickened and moved with the 

 spirit of him. Such is the love of it knowen to be 

 toward that royal Star, being in the night time for 

 desire of him as pensive and sad, they be shut or 

 closed together ; but at the noontime of the day fully 

 spread abroad as if they with spread arms longed, 

 or diligently attended, to embrace their Bridegroom. 

 This Marigold is a singular kind of herb, sown in 

 gardens as well for the pot as for the decking of 

 garlands, beautifying of Nosegays and to be worn in 

 the bosom." 



The Marigold is supposed to be the chrysanthe- 

 mum or gold-flower of the Greeks, the Heliotrope- 

 solsequium; and the story goes that the flower was 

 originally the nymph Clytie, who gazed all day upon 

 the Sun with whom she had fallen in love. At 

 length she was turned into the flower. "All yellow 

 flowers," said St. Francis de Sales, "and above all 



