SUNFLOWER 



' HEN the world luis (.'iijoyed 

 itf:^ laugh at llie cxjicnse of 

 tbe lovers of snuliowers^ it 

 may fiud a useful sulistitute 

 for frotliy excitement in 

 " diseoveriiiy " tlie maynlli- 

 ceuee of this very familiar 

 flower. As seen in the aver- 

 age garden, its fine character 

 is not often appareiit, for it 

 IS usually badly grown, and 

 the grave mistake is made of 

 planting it iu groups, where- 

 as single plants should stand 

 alone amidst green surround- 

 ings, and should be so liberally 

 cultivated as to acquire gigan- 

 tic 2)ro25ortions. The se\'eral 

 stages of develojiment of the 

 flowers may constitute a series 

 of profitable studies in }ilant 

 form, aud there is one stage, wben the seeds in the disc 

 arc fully formed, but are as yet quite green and "milky," 

 that may properly command the rapturous admiration of 

 ay 



