COMPOSITE FLOWERS. 



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thought he had found out why such flowers are 

 called composite, for instead of being one blossom, 

 the daisy is made up of a great many little blos- 

 soms, all huddled together. 



"1 never noticed before, " he said, "that the 

 middle of the daisy is nothing but a mass of these 

 tiny flowers, and each seems to have its own sta- 



