212 WILD FLOWER FAMILIES 
Rosin’s Prantarn. The Robin’s Plantain 
seems to be generally a hillside or roadside flower, 
where its Aster-like blossoms may be seen as 
you walk or drive along in early June. Blue 
Spring Daisy is an appropriate name by which 
it is sometimes called. The ray florets are blue- 
purple while the center florets are yellow. It 
is a widely distributed species and one of the most 
interesting of the early flowering plants of the 
Composite family. 
Waite Daisy. The Ox-eye Daisy or White 
Daisy is one of the most abundant blossoms of 
early summer in many parts of the United States. 
It is a pestiferous weed in neglected meadow 
lands, and grows in great numbers along the road- 
sides. This.is the flower of which Bliss Carman 
wrote: 
Over the shoulders and slopes of the dune 
I saw the white daisies go down to the sea; 
A host in the sunshine,'a snowdrift in June, 
The people God sends us to set our hearts free. 
And how beautiful they are, even if they have 
crowded out the grass of the meadows to the 
despair of the owners. They yield a rich harvest 
to the eyes of all discerning beholders, and may 
be used in unstinted abundance in interior decora- 
tions. But in the latter case they should not be 
crowded into jars and vases. Out of doors they 
