WHITE EUPATORIUM 



third place may be given without question to 

 the White Eupatoriuni. 



The plant is shade-loving, is to be looked for 

 in the shadows of the woodland, back perhaps 

 from the edge ten to a hundred yards, wishing 

 for the protection of the trees yet longing for 

 light. The delicacy of its soft, misty, white 

 clusters of composite heads suggests a flower of 

 spring, yet its bloom is abundant in September, 

 and it belongs to the genus which contains Joe- 

 pye Weed and Boneset. 



These soft clusters are made up of many little 

 heads, composed of tubular florets only, each of 

 which puts forth a slender style which gives a 

 white fringe effect to the cluster. 



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