146 FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. 



" from the downe that groweth in the toppe after the flowers 

 he .y^one/^ these feathery seeds being "good to be taken of 

 the hawke, to make him east his gorge wyth it." That it 

 should be good against " the stingginge of a scorpion " 

 does not aid us in the stud}^ of the etymohig}', because 

 the old botanists regarded almost e\'ery weed that grew 

 to be a "sovereign remedie ■" against scorpions and other 

 " venomous beastes." 



The plant here figured is the best of the hawkweeds for 

 the garden, as it is a perennial, quite hardy, and its orange- 

 coloured blossoms appear at a time when flowers of that 

 colour are scarce, for yellow tones belong rather to spring 

 and airtumn than to high summer, when this is at its l^est. 

 It is a native of Southern Europe, but is occasionally met 

 with in the woods of England and Scotland, as the sweet 

 mignonette, the Eschscholtzia, and the umbellate candytuft 

 are met with, as escapes from gardens. It is sufficiently 

 common, indeed, to have obtained a familiar name, for in (he 

 rural garland it is called Grim the Collier, because of the 

 black stains that appear at the base of the hairs on the 

 stem and involucre. There was a comedy of the same name 

 in high popularity in the time of Queen Elizabeth, from 

 which it may be inferred that " Grim " was a kind of 

 generic name for a black fellow, who perhaps in the present 

 day would be called a " coaley." 



Amongst the annual hawkweeds, the best are the red 

 liawkweed [Creph rubra), the flowers of which are reddish- 

 purple, and the j'ellow liawkweed {Ti>Ifii-'i harhnta) , with 

 pale yellow flowers, which are purple in the centre. Of 

 both these there are white varieties, making four sorts in 

 all, the seeds of which should be sown where the plants are 

 to remain, as they do not thrive when transplanted. As 



