THE FLOWERING PLANTS 
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(similar to belladonna but more powerful) is obtained. The 
tomato, potato, and egg-plant are used for food. Petunias 
are cultivated for ornament. The foliage of all these plants 
is rank-scented, the leaves are alternate, and the tubular 
flower five-parted. 
The Composite Family. — This family is typified by the 
common daisy and dandelion. They have their flowers in 
Figure 282. — Common Field Daisy. 
heads. These are of two kinds, ray-flowers and disk-flowers 
(see Figures 190, 191, and 192). This is one of the largest 
families of plants, and, from the standpoint of the botanist, 
the most complex. It contains our common weeds, such as 
daisy, dandelion, goldenrod, aster, burdock, thistle, and 
hawkweed. 
Not all the flowering plants are beneficial to man, and 
every farmer and gardener has to struggle with the weeds. 
Some of the members of the composite family, like the 
goldenrod and daisy, lend a charm to the fields, and many 
