COMPOSITE FAMILY 



course there are also Gentians, Gerardias, Grass 

 of Parnassus, Lady's-Tresses, and last of all 

 Witch Hazel; these with many summer sur- 

 vivors contribute their part to the sum total of 

 autumn glory. 



Of this Composite group the Goldenrods, 

 Asters and Sunflowers are they who brighten 

 our roadsides and transform our fields into a 

 gorgeous pageantry of blue and gold. With this 

 army of youth and beauty march full abreast 

 many lingerers from summer's ranks, though 

 there are many whose title to citizenship is as 

 clear in September as it was in August. Many 

 of these, likewise, are Composites, so speaking 

 broadly we may say that the autumnal, her- 

 baceous, flowering flora belongs to that order 

 which by its efficiency as well as its youth has 

 gained a dominant place in the world. 



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