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 Leucanthemum, 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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