Dandelion, 
Taraxacum dengs-leonis. Naturat Orver: Composite—Aster Family. 
Nae eee 
English words; thus, Dandelion is from the French dent de 
ion, this being itself from the Latin dens leonts—each signi- 
fying lion’s tooth, because of the indéntation of the leaves; 
but the e in the original first word is changed to a, because 
that approaches nearer to the sound than does our e. There 
are two species of this plant: the one above named, and one called the 
Dwarf Dandelion, the Latin name of which is Kriegia Virginica, named 
after Dr. Daniel Krieg, an eminent German botanist, who visited this 
“Re quent through the grass. The stalks are round and hollow, bearing 
each a single flower; and the seeds, when ripe, possess a globular fringe of 
feathery down, which buoys them up, and they float off like the thistle seed on 
the surrounding air. In spring, when the leaves are tender, they are boiled and 
dressed for the table. 
Vouthtut Recollections. 
ANDELION, with globe of down, 
The schoolboy’s clock in every town, 
Which the truant puffs amain, 
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Nate 
To conjure lost hours back again. —Howitt. 
HINE full many a pleasing bloom Te singing of the happy birds 
Of blossoms lost to all perfume; Again I like to hear: 
Thine the dandelion flowers, They carry back my memory 
Gilt with dew like sun with showers. To many a bygone year. 
—Clare. —S. A. Munson. 
HE sunny days of childhood Yet memory, ever in delight, 
In simple joys are passed; Turns to those happy hours, 
And, like the early summer flower, When skies above were ever bright, 
Too frail and fair to last. The pathway strewn with flowers. i 
fa —William R. Lawrence. 
Sp, IIo ti 
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