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So shuts the marigold her leaves 

 At the departure of the sun ; 

 So from the honeysuckle sheaves 

 The bee goes when the day is done. 



Br. Faitorahy book iii. 



But, maiden, see the day is waxen old, 

 And 'gins to shut in with the marigold. 



Br. Pastorais, book i. 



Open afresh your round of starry folds 



Ye ardent marigolds ! 

 Dry up the moisture from your golden lids 



For great Apollo bids 



That in these days your praises should be sung. 

 I stood tiptoe, etc Keats. 



The marigold above, t' adorn the arched bar, 

 The double daisy, thrift, the button batchelor, 

 Sweet William, sops-in-wine, the campion. 



Polyolbion. Song XV. 



The crimson darnel flower, the blue bottle 3.nA gold 

 Which though esteemed but weeds, yet for their dainty hues 

 And for their scent not ill, they for this purpose choose. 



Ibid. 



The yellow kingcup Flora then assigned. 

 To be the badges of a jealous mind, 

 The orange-tawny marigold. 



Br, Pastorals. 



The Marigold has enjoyed great and lasting popu- 

 larity, and though the flower does not charm by its 

 loveliness, the indomitable courage, with which, after 

 even a sharp frost, it lifts up its hanging head, and 

 shows a cheerful countenance, leads one to feel for it 

 affection and respect. In the end of January (1903) here 

 in Devon there were some flowers and opening buds, 

 though ten days before the ice bore for skating. The 

 Latin name refers to its reputed habit of blossoming on 

 the first days of every month in the year, and in a fairly 

 mild winter this is no exaggeration. Marigolds are dedi- 

 cated to the Virgin, but this fact is not supposed to have 

 had anything to do with the giving of their name, which 



