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corolla curling back. The anther-tubes and the pollen are yellow, so 

 are the stigmas. The arrangement of the buds at the center is exceed- 

 ingly pretty. The flowers develop no pappus, and therefore the seeds 

 have no balloons. They depend upon the ignorance and helplessness of 

 man to scatter their seeds far and wide with the grass and clover seed, 

 which he sows for his own crops. It was thus that it came to America, 

 and in this manner still continues to flaunt its banners in our meadows 

 and pastures. The white daisy is not a daisy, but a chrysanthemum. It 

 has never been called by this name popularly, but has at least twenty 

 other common names, among them the ox-eye daisy, moon-penny, and 

 herb-Margaret. 



LESSON CXXXVIII 

 The White Daisy 

 Leading thought — The white-daisy is not a single flower but is made up 

 of many little flowers and should be studied by the outline given in Lesson 



cxxxv. 



A daisy meadow. 



