DANDELION 



spring one finds rosettes of Dandelion leaves cover- 

 ing waste places, forming in gardens and lawns, pre- 

 empting a circle of soil space three to six inches in 

 diameter; other plants within that circle are smothered, 

 so each has that much space to itself. 



Dandelion. Taraxacum dens-leonis 



Underground it has a strong tap-root, reinforced 

 with many fibrous rootlets and capable of digging deep 

 for moisture. The stem which bears its flower-head 

 to light and air is a hollow tube, the strongest form of 

 structure. 



But its blossom and its fruit are, after all, its great- 

 est means of success. It belongs to the great Composite 



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