SUNFLOWER. 
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It has been ascertained that a single Sun¬ 
flower may produce upwards of two thousand 
seeds. These seeds when peeled have a taste 
similar to that of sweet almonds, and they are 
excellent food for fattening domestic poultry. 
In the United States of America, the Sunflower 
is cultivated on a large scale for the purpose of 
making from the seeds an oil that is good-tasted, 
and fit for salads and all the purposes for which 
olive-oil is used. Hence it is evident that the 
Sunflower might with as much justice have been 
made the emblem of true as of false riches. 
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