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greens. Many of the family are raised in Europe 

 for the seeds, from which is extracted an oil as sweet 

 as olive oil and quite as useful for food purposes. 

 The seeds are also good to eat with bread. Perhaps 

 you have relished the "poppy bread" made by our 

 French bakeries. Among the ancients, the poppy 

 was sacred to Ceres, the goddess in Roman mythol- 

 ogy who had supervision over tillage and harvests. 



A plant that takes no chances on an insect's going 

 astray while seeking its nectar is the Radish. It 

 spreads out its four petals in the form of a cross 

 and then interlines them with little paths leading 



down to its feast. These 

 lines are called "honey 

 paths," and they are 

 found in many insect- 

 summoning flowers. The 

 petals of the Radish 

 diminish into claws, so 

 that the visitor has little 

 -interference in satisfy- 

 ing his hunger; and, 

 either coming or going, 

 he is sure to knock 

 against the stamens. At 

 the slightest touch, the 

 RADISH anthers pour out their 



