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THE GARDEN OF THE WORLD 
have big petals, and are so small and yellow 
that many people think they are just stamens. 
When they are magnified, however, each is seen 
to be a tube of small petals, containing a pistil 
and some stamens. All of the parts needed to 
pollinate the seeds are there. Try to imagine, 
though, what a hard time such a little flower 
would have growing by itself. A bee would 
never see it, for it is no bigger than a bee’s leg. 
The plant put all these small flowers on one 
big head which is bright and showy. The two 
kinds of flowers that make a daisy have their 
own separate work to do. The outside flowers 
with the large petals are called “ray flowers” 
because they stand out like the rays of the sun. 
The smaller, inside ones are called “disk 
flowers,” because they grow on a round, flat 
disk. The ray flowers are the most attractive. 
They tell the bees that here is a blossom with 
pollen and nectar for them. The disk flowers 
are the workers. They produce the seeds. The 
ray flowers are able to have seeds, but usually 
they do not. 
