MICHAELMAS DAISY. 



detect any valuable property in it ; and because animals do 

 not feed upon it. It is very fragrant, very pretty, and is 

 always a pleasing object in the latter part of Summer in 

 our moist meadows, and by the side of ponds and pools. 



MICHAELMAS DAISY {Aster Tradescanti).—A¥T:^K- 

 THOUGHT. 



" We'll pass by the garden that leads to the gate, 

 But where is its gaiety now ? 

 The Michaelmas Daisy blows lonely and late, , 

 And the yellow leaf whirls from the bough." — TAYLOR. 



The Michaelmas Daisy begins to display her bloom, when 

 all other flowers are becoming rare. It is as an After-thought 

 of Flora, who bestows upon us a parting smile on her quitting 

 our parterres. 



MIGNONETTE {Reseda odoratd).—Yo\iK QUALITIES 

 SURPASS YOUR Charms. 



" Mignonette's meek humble form. 

 Without one tint upon her modest garb 

 To draw the idle stare of wandering eyes, 

 ***** rich 

 In precious fragrance is that lowly one. 

 So loved for her sweet qualities, that I 

 Should woo her first amid a world of flowers." — Twamley. 



A LITTLE more than a century ago the Mignonette was 

 brought to us from Egypt. Linnaeus could think of nothing 

 inferior to the divine ambrosia wherewith he could compare 



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