THE GOLDENRODS 



Soliddgo 



Solidago, to heal, referring to some alleged cura- 

 tive property of the plant. 



"When the wayside tangles blaze 

 In the low September sun; 

 When the flowers of summer days 

 Droop and wither one by one; 

 Reaching up through bush and brier 

 Sumptuous brow and heart of fire 

 Flaunting high its wind-rocked plume, 

 Brave with wreath of native bloom 

 Goldenrod." 



— Dora Read Goodale. 



The Goldenrods are a group of American 

 plants which give much of the characteristic 

 appearance to our northern autumns. All the 

 species make ready in August for the great 

 game, a few like the Early Goldenrod begin 

 earlier than that, but most of the group wait for 

 the hazy golden days of September before they 

 spread their bloom like a cloth of gold over the 

 landscape. 



The individual florets of the many species 



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