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of wild sunflowers often grow and produce a harvest of seeds 

 for the birds. 



On a sunny day, when the ground is deeply covered with 

 snow, watch the birch trees and see what birds come to eat 

 the seeds. What other plants do you know that furnish seeds 

 to the birds in winter ? 



Asters. — The most common fall flowers are golden-rods and 

 asters. Nearly all the fall flowers that are shaped like field 

 daisies are asters. Asters are white or blue or purple, but 

 there is also a yellow flower called a golden aster that looks like 

 a real aster. Some asters grow on tall, branching stalks as high 

 as your head, and others are only a few inches high. Some 

 have large and showy blossoms, and others have flowers smaller 

 than a finger nail ; but all kinds are alike in that each flower, 

 like a golden-rod or dandelion, is made up of a number of 

 florets. 



