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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



which may be easily distinguished by the leaves which are 

 conspicuously 3-ribbed. In the Tall or Giant Sunflower 

 (//. giganteotis), the leaves are sessile, lance-shaped, and 

 distinctly toothed; they are also rough and firm. Some 

 specimens will be found growing to a height of at least 

 12 feet or rather more. Our big garden sunflower is 



(INK OF THE MOST CURIOUS PLANTS IN THIS COUNTRY IS 

 IIKRK FIGURED; IT IS KNOWN AS THE LOVE VINE, AND IT HAS 

 OTHER COMMON NAMES. 



Fig. 8 Common Dodder or the Dodder of Gronovius (Cuscuta gronovii), 

 also called Stranglc-weed and Angel's hair (Convolvulaceae), is a typical 

 plant-parasite that sooner or later destroys the life of its victim. 



the H. annus, and it has a very interesting history. Do- 

 mestic fowls and parrots, including all the macaws, are 

 very fond of its seeds, and the plant is cultivated for their 

 production. Sheep and pigs will also feed upon them to 

 advantage, but it would seem that this is only customary 

 on the Continent. 



Alice Lounsberry has an interesting account of the 

 common sunflower, a paragraph or two of which runs 

 thus: "According to the mythological tradition of the 

 Greeks, the sunflower is none other than the fair water 

 nymph Clyde, who was transformed into the flower. 



When she found that her mad love for Apollo was not 

 returned, she grieved greatly and sat nine days upon the 

 ground, neither eating nor drinking, but watching intently 

 the sun. Her head she turned gradually to follow him as 

 he traveled from east to west. At last her limbs became 

 rooted to the ground, and her face became a sunflower. 



"Even today the illusion is prevalent that the sunflower, 

 the emblem of constancy, turns its face to follow the 

 course of the sun. 



"In ancient sculpture the sunflower has ever been a 

 favorite decoration, and especially has it been looked 

 upon as sacred in those countries that have worshipped 

 the sun." 



Originally, all the species of sunflowers, some sixty in 

 number, were confined to North America; but the first 



THE JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE IS ONE OF THE SHOWIEST AND 

 MOST CONSPICUOUS FLOWERS OF MIDSUMMER 



Fig. 9 We have many species of sunflowers in the country, and this is 

 a very well-known one in some sections (Helianthus tuberosus). 



settlers in Canada soon learned from the Indians the many 

 uses of the plant. Food, dyes, fodder, and a textile 

 fabric were all obtained from them, and they were not 

 long in sending them to Europe for cultivation. Through 



