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common involucre makes a separate calyx for each floret 

 unnecessary and it is generally changed into feathers, hairs, 

 or barbs, which aid in the dispersion of the seeds. 



2. Their honey is easily accessible and attracts a great 

 variety of insects. Look for a ring around the style of the 

 sunflower, at the base of the tube. This ring secretes the 

 honey. Have you found the honey in the sunflower ? If 

 not, try to find it. How is it protected from rain ? Find 

 the honey in milkweeds. 



3. By an arrangement described in the last paragraph, 

 cross-fertilization is very generally secured. Describe that 

 device again. 



The Composites are a characteristic feature of the landscape 

 in all of eastern North America. You can find them from 

 spring until late in the fall, but in late summer and in autumn 

 they are most conspicuous. And now we must say good by 

 to them all, to the Garden Asters and the Dahlias, which 

 make our lawns shine in all the colors of the rainbow, and 

 to the Goldenrods and native Asters, the wild and hardy 

 children of our wild hills and prairies. 



