. Practical botany. Botany. 370 PRACTICAL BOTANY these are bachelor's-button, China aster, chrysanthemum (in- cluding feverfew and marguerite), coreopsis, cosmos, dahlia, English daisy, everlastings, marigold, sunflower, zinnia. 340. Useful plants of other families. Several plants belonging to families of sympetalous dicotyledons not already described are important enough to be briefly mentioned. The Olive family ( Oleacece) furnishes two ornamental shrubs, lilac and f orsythia, and an important genus of. Fig. 304. Akenes with various types of pappus A, RudbeeMa, pappus wanting; B, Cichorium,
. Practical botany. Botany. 370 PRACTICAL BOTANY these are bachelor's-button, China aster, chrysanthemum (in- cluding feverfew and marguerite), coreopsis, cosmos, dahlia, English daisy, everlastings, marigold, sunflower, zinnia. 340. Useful plants of other families. Several plants belonging to families of sympetalous dicotyledons not already described are important enough to be briefly mentioned. The Olive family ( Oleacece) furnishes two ornamental shrubs, lilac and f orsythia, and an important genus of. Fig. 304. Akenes with various types of pappus A, RudbeeMa, pappus wanting; B, Cichorium, pappus a crown of fine scales; C, Coreopsis, pappus of two small scales; D, Helenium, pappus a crown of conspicu- ous scales; E, Cirsium, pappus a tuft of plumose hairs; F, Lactuca, pappus borne on a long heak timber trees, the ash genus. The olive itself is probably a native of the eastern Mediterranean region. It is now con- siderably grown in California. The Grourd family (^Cucurhitacece) furnishes many edible fruits. Of these the pumpkin and the summer squashes are varie- ties of the same species and the large winter squashes belong to another species of the same genus Q('ueurhita), probably of American origin. The watermelon belongs to a genus ( Citiiil- lu8) of Asiatic origin. The muskmelons, cantaloupes, nutmeg melons, and the cucumber belong to a third genus (^Cucui)') and are modified forms of two southern jVsiatio species. The Morning-glory family (^Vo>ivolvnlacfa'') contains one highly useful food plant, the sweet potato, which belongs to the same genus (^Ipomoea') with some of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bergen, Joseph Y. (Joseph Young), 1851-1917; Caldwell, Otis William, 1869- joint author. Boston, New York [etc. ] Ginn and company
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