YELLOW THISTLE 



common Thistles, and the curious way in which the 

 upper leaves reinforce the involucre, winding them- 

 selves about it and presenting a clawed surface to the 

 outer world. It dwells of choice in wet soils, is often 

 the companion of the Iris along our eastern shore lands. 

 As a Thistle it is splendid— robust, virile, well armed, 



Yellow Thistle. Cdrduus spinoslssimus 



and crowned with a magnificent head of dusky yellow 

 in its depths, reheved by the lighter yellow fringe of 

 long slender styles. It is a royal Thistle. 



Fragrant or Pasture Thistle, CdrduMS odordtus, 

 blooms from July to September and ranges from 

 Maine to Pennsylvania. Large-headed, stout- 

 stemmed, a brother of the Yellow, it stands in pasture 

 and roadside, offering to bee and butterfly, and chil- 

 dren as well, innumerable florets brimming with 



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