_ THE COMMON MARIGOLD. 
Calendula officinalis. 
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ROM the common marigold here 
faithfully figured, and sugeestive 
of soup, to the delicate French 
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marigold, Ziugeles patula, that the 
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marking that makes a place in 
floriculture for mathematics, what 
astride! Fifty years ago a flower 
show of a very individual nature 
engrossed my attention and made 
a very deep impression on my mind. 
It consisted entirely of common 
marigolds, and the scene was the 
churehyard of St. Botolph, Ald- 
gate, where these flowers had run wild, 
and, as wild things are wont to do, 
had taken care to keep the race going, 
so that there should be no lack of 
wild marigoids from year to year, for in truth the 
ground was literally covered with them as with a pave- 
ment of stars stamped out of the rinds of oranges. At 
that early date I had heard, but had never tasted, of 
soup flavoured or adorned —TI knew not which — with 
