SEPTEMBER 



27 



for granted that no one ^ill attempt to teach all the 

 details of any plant. 



The Composites : 



As before stated, the goldenrod, aster, sunflower, 

 black-eyed Susan (cone flower), ironweed, and chicory be- 

 long to the Composites, and have the same general char- 



Chicory. Cross-section of head showing separate flower. 



acteristics as the thistle. The ironweed, like the thistle, 

 has tubular flowers only. Chicory, like the dandelion, 

 has only strap-shaped flowers. All of the others have 

 strap-shaped (ligulate) flowers round the margin and tu- 

 bular ones in the centre. To the former is given, there- 

 fore, the name ray flowers, while the latter are called 

 disk flowers — names doubtless derived from the respec- 

 tive resemblance of each to the rays and disk of the sun. 

 Chicory was introduced from Europe and is found by 



