connected with this lowly flower. A 

 horse that in trotting lifts its feet but 

 slightly from the ground is known as 

 a "daisy-cutter," and the modern user 

 of the phrase points with pride to the 

 eminent authority he quotes. 



In "Rob Roy" you will find this 

 horse-law duly set down : " The trot 

 is the true pace for the hackney ; and 

 were we near a town, 1 should like to 

 try that daisy-cutter of yours upon a 

 level piece of road." 



In America the variety of Ideal 

 names bestowed upon the daisy is 

 absolutely bewildering. Oxeye we 

 all are familiar with, but there is also 

 bull's-eye and dog's-eye, summer-, 

 moon-, and horse-daisy, goldeneye, and 

 in some places where it is too abundant 

 for the wishes of the farmer, devil's- 

 eye. 



In all countries young maids, and 

 their swains as well, have told their 

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