COMPOSITE FAMILY 



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roadsides, where they make a gorgeous show of 



color and are visited by a great variety of insects. 



CHICORY. While generally not so deep a color 



tone as the cerulean hue of the Fringed Gentian 



the violet-blue petals of the Chicory blossoms may 

 surely vie with any flowers in the tenderness and 

 delicacy of their tints. These vary much in differ- 

 ent blossoms as well, probably, as in the same 

 blossom at different ages, but the petals show- 

 always a bit of beautiful color. The plant is 



