Midsummer 



again, we find only tubular flowers. If 

 the minute blossoms of the Composite 

 family were not thus grouped, probably 

 they would be too inconspicuous to at- 

 tract attention and often might fail to se- 

 cure the pollen necessary to their fertili- 

 zation. To quote Mr. Grant Allen, 

 *' Union is strength for the daisy as for 

 the State." 



More people would learn to take an 

 interest in plants if they suspected the 

 pleasurable excitement which awaits the 

 flower-lover upon the most commonplace 

 railway journey. A peculiar thrill of ex- 

 pectancy is caused by the rapidly chang- 

 ing environment which reveals, in swift 

 succession, flowers of the most varied 

 proclivities. If we leave New York on a 

 certain road, at intervals for an hour or 

 more the salt marshes spread their deep- 

 hued treasures before us. Then we turn 

 into the interior, passing through farm- 

 lands where the plants which follow in 

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