214 WILD FLOWER FAMILIES 
tinctive ray florets that render the plants very 
conspicuous. In other species, as in the group to 
which the Sunflower belongs, there are distinct 
ray florets around the outside of the head which 
serve torender the flower- 
f heads conspicuous from 
a distancee. Several spe- 
cies of the latter type 
come into blossom dur- 
ing the summer. The 
Rudbeckia or  Cone- 
flower is one of these; 
@ the Coreopsisand Sneeze- 
@ weeds are others, while 
there are several species 
of the wild Sunflowers. 
— These various blossoms 
7 show striking tones of 
— yellow and by the road- 
sides or in the fields 
they do much to light 
up the summer landscape. 
Z CoNE-FLOWER. July 
CONE-FLOWER is the gala month for 
the Cone-flowers, often called Brown-eyed Daisies 
and sometimes Black-eyed Susans. When they 
first appear in all the freshness of their brown 
and gold they are really very attractive. They 
abound in meadows and pastures as well as along 
