FLOWER YIELDS 



would give us 72 sweet-scented, white, star-shaped 

 trumpets. 



Scabiosa sends up about ten long blossom stems. 



Sunflowers vary very much. The huge fellows 

 usually have one blossom only, but the branching 

 kinds have 25 blossoms or more. 



Zinnias have a dozen blossoms each or 72 blos- 

 soms on six plants. 



Candytuft often has ten blossom stalks on each 

 plant. 



Dianthus has 12 to 15 blossoms to a plant. 



Mignonettes' spike of flowers come about six to 

 a plant. 



Petunias have frequently 20 blossoms each. 



Nigella has 15 blossoms. 



Poppies have about 6 blossoms on each plant but 

 the plants are so small and grow so close together 

 that a row four feet long of these flowers would pro- 

 duce 200 blossoms. 



Eschscholtzia are the same as poppies. 



Nasturtiums have as many as 30 blossoms on a 

 single plant. 



Phlocc Drummondi's flowers come in clusters and 

 we cannot count each separate flower (though it 

 would be great fun if you want to do it) . A plant 

 has two or three stems of blossoms. 



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