the same family as the modest daisy 

 and the humble feverfew? Yet it 

 does, and began life by having a great 

 golden eye, and a single rim of petals 

 around the edge. By the persistence of 

 man the minute golden flowers in the 

 centre have been endowed with corollas 

 like those on the outer edge, and the 

 present chrysanthemum no longer rec- 

 ognises her humble extraction ; she is 

 like a proud sister in silks and feathers, 

 who overlooks poor Cinderella sitting 

 with her feet in the ashes. 



The botanical name of our common 

 field daisy, or whiteweed, is Chrysan- 

 themum Leucantbemum, but its homely 

 or common name changes its form 

 with the locality in which it is found, 

 and may be daysie, daysy, daysey, 

 dayseye, or even daieseyghe. 



Chaucer speaks of it, — 



" The dayseye or elles the eye of day, 

 The emperice and flour of floures alle." 



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