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ored of the sun and copied his dear image, again 

 and again in her flowers. 



But other members of the Compositae family have 

 no outflashing rays, but are made up entirely of 

 trumpet-shaped florets like those in the yellow cen- 

 tre of the daisy. These are called " Tubuliflorae, " 

 tube-flowers, and in this category the burdock and 

 the thistle are found. 



The florets which make up the blossom-heads of 

 the chicory, salsify, dandelion, and sow-thistle are 

 also alike in form and color; but these are all strap- 

 shaped like the white rays on the outside of the 

 daisy. 



Those members of the Compositae family which 

 bear such blossom-heads as these are called Liguli- 

 florae " strap-flowers." 



But each and every one of the strap-shaped 

 florets borne by the sow-thistle and its allies has 

 both stamens and pistil, and all the Compositae of 

 this particular persuasion have a milky juice. 



About all the " dooryard-weeds, " which have 

 followed mankind for ages, there has gathered a 

 wealth of legend, folk-lore, and literary association. 



Amaranth (Fig. 97), "the flower of death," for 

 instance, is almost as common as death itself. 

 It grows in waste places near towns, and is a 



