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mum: “ Eeucanthemum is a very destructive weed, in 
meadow and pasture grounds, choking the grass and tak¬ 
ing full possession of the ground, so that the fields will 
look as white as if covered with snow; but the hoe and 
plow will destroy this weed.” 
The small double English daisy, that grows only by cul 
tivation in our lawns and gardens, was the “ wee, modest, 
crimson-tipped flower ” of the Scottish poet, the “ gowan ” 
of Scotland and the “ bairnwort ” of Yorkshire, and is 
most dear to English eyes, since, we are told, it is as the 
grass of the field in abundance. The Christmas and 
Michaelmas daisies are included as species of aster. 
Any plant out of place or out of use is a weed, no doubt, 
but to the simple-hearted poet, to the nature-lover who in¬ 
quires into the flowers of its golden heart and finds there 
the same painstaking care in arrangement of organs that 
he finds in the lily, to that childhood which is unconscious¬ 
ly drawn to its bright, starry heads, and the schoolgirl 
who shyly pulls off the white fringe as she repeats the 
magic words, the daisy is only a type of modesty, grace 
and innocence, and who cares what a daisy says ! Who 
cares what a daisy does ! 
Nature Notes. 
BY WIEEIAM H. HUSE. 
East year I reported the first Blanding’s box Turtle I 
had seen in New Hampshire. I was confident then that 
it was a rare find. I am not so certain now. On April 28 
two females were brought to me that were found-one in 
Manchester, the other in Auburn. On June 19, another 
was brought to me by a boy. It is the largest yet found 
about here, measuring eight inches in length of shell. It 
is probable that this turtle is not so rare as I at first thought 
