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, I should like to 
try that daisy-cutter of yours upon a 
level piece of road.” 
In America the variety of local 
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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