Artichokes and Some 

 Garden Specialties 



Finding New Food Plants Wild in the Woods 



DOUBTLESS the greatest labor-saving 

 scheme ever devised by any flower to 

 meet its essential needs is that adopted by 

 the Sunflower family — the tribe popularly repre- 

 sented by the sunflowers, asters, thistles, and 

 daisies. 



The botanist classifies the members of this tribe 

 as Compositae or Compound Flowers. The name 

 might be misleading if taken to imply that the 

 flowers of this family differ essentially from other 

 flowers. In point of fact, the individual flowers 

 of this tribe are in all essentials of pistil and 

 stamen like other flowers. So the modern botanist 

 objects to the name "Compound" as applied to 

 them, although he retains the Latin title that they 

 have borne for some centuries. 



But if we properly interpret the term, the name 

 "compound flower" seems appropriate enough, 



[Volume VII — Chapter VI] 



