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in England they continued to bloom till December, 
where they are called “ Christmas Daisies.” 
The yellow and white, and sweet-scented Golden 
Rods, vied with them in number and variety. They 
told of the oil that is secreted in the transparent cells 
of their leaves, and how by distillation it may be 
extracted for the good of man. 
The Autumnal Hawk-weed, “ poor Robin’s plan¬ 
tain,” as the country people call it, popped up its 
sociable face wherever the green grass grew, like 
the Dandelion of the spring and summer months. 
It said its stem was tubular like that flower, and 
that it bore flying seeds. Mary had heard that birds 
rubbed their eyes with its leaves to make them shine 
brighter and see better; but she thought it almost 
too droll to believe, particularly as the flower said 
nothing about it. 
The blue Succory, star-like in its form, like so 
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