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you all know it would not be correct to do this, and no 
more is it correct to call a bunch of clover blossoms 
“a blossom.’ But as most people do not understand 
this, undoubtedly the mistake will continue to be made. 
Fig. 260 shows you one little flower taken out of 
the ball-like clover head. 
Can you think of any good reason why so many of 
these little flowers should be crowded together in 
a head? 
What would happen if each little blossom grew 
quite alone? 
Why, it would look so small that the bee could 
hardly see it. And sweetly though the whole clover 
FIG. 200 head smells, the fragrance of a single flower would 
be so slight that it would hardly serve as an invitation 
to step in for refreshments. 
So it would seem that the clover plant does wisely 
in making one good-sized bunch out of many tiny 
flowers, for in this way the bees are persuaded to carry 
their pollen from one blossom to another. 
The moral of the clover story is this: Be very care- 
ful before you insist that you hold in your hand or see 
in the picture only one flower. 
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AN you think of any other flowers that deceive 
us as the clover does? 
Early in May we see in the woods a tree that is very 
beautiful. It is covered with what seem to be white 
