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hrachylohus^ Coreopis lanceolala, Ceanothns Amei'icanus^ Crotalaria 

 sag Itt alls. Strophostyles paucijloinis, Cassia Chamaecrista^ Asclepias 

 ohtnsifolia^ Oenothern rhomhi^y&tala^ Cujyhea viscosslma and Opuntia 

 Rafinesquii. Chrysojjsis villosa puts forth its first golden ])looms in 

 earl}^ July apd continues in flower until cut down h\ frost. 



August brings forth three conspicuous sunflowers, Ildianthus oc- 

 cidentalis, rigidus and mollis. Arteinlxhi vaudafd with its immense 

 panicles is a prominent object. 



With these are noticed Lint rls 2>ycnostacJnja , scariosa and cylln- 

 dracea, Crotonopsis linearis^ Mcmarda p>-iinctata^ Cyperus SchAvehiitzil 

 and Lespedeza cajntata. Oroton glandnlosus is very common; C. 

 capitatus sparingly. 



September ushers in some things that deserve special mention. 

 Froellchia Florldana and Cydoloiita platypliyllain are paramount 

 They are everywhere. The latter is a good example of a tumble weed. 

 When growing out in the open by itself, it assumes a bushy globular 

 form, frequently two feet across, and after the frosts a passing breeze 

 snaps ofl' the ))rittle stem, and it goes bounding along, until it brings 

 up in a fence corner, where with others it forms a pile as high as the 

 fence. A characteristic "roup of "sand orrasses" invite attention at 

 this time, namely: Sporoholus aspei\ Calamagrostis longifolia, Aris- 

 tida tid)erculosa, Cenclivus ti'ihuloides, Boideloun hlrsuta, Paspalum 

 setaceiim, Panicuin autumvale and Eragrostls tenuis. The last named 

 deserves special mention. It frequently grows over large areas to the 

 exclusion of every thing else. The tall slender stem is terminated 

 with a large spreading panicle of numerous spikelets on capillary ped- 

 icels. The spikelets dance to the slightest zephyr as if endowed with 

 life, and to see a field of this grass swaying and bending to every 

 passing breeze, is a sight that would appeal even to one that is not a 

 "weed crank" like the author. 



Peoria, 111. 



The wide popularity of Henry Wallace's Letters to the Farm Boy 

 has led to its complete revision by the author and the publication of a 

 third edition by the Macmillan JJompany. As is well known this book 

 is by a plain common-sense writer expressed in language of which 

 Defoe or Bunyan would not have been ashamed. It is intended to give 

 a healthy sound talk to bo3s who, by-the-by, in spite of the book's 

 title are likely to belong to many other occupations than that of farming. 



