GLOBE FLOWER. 



Trii/rtHfi Eui'ttprriis. 



LOBE flowers and marsh mari- 

 golds may be described as 

 the finest of all the butter- 

 cujis that adorn moist mea- 

 dows and riverside wastes. 

 The)' may be seen flowering 

 together in the same fields, 

 )ju( generally speaking the 

 marsh marigold^ or caltlta, 

 has finished its course with 

 joy and settled down to 

 quiet rest ere the globe 

 flower furnishes its golden 

 cups to make the meadow 

 gay. The British globe 

 flower has been honourably 

 associated with the custom 

 of decorating churches with 

 garlands, but is now not 

 much sought for that pur- 

 "|iose. But we have seen it 

 plentifully used in the well dressings in the Peak country, 

 making a beautiful fringe to the inscri)>tiou wrought out 

 in other flowers, " Water is the gift of God," or " Health 



