70 THE AMERICAN BOTANIST. 



Lobelia spicafa. Spiked lobelin. Common. 



Lathyrtts pahistris. Vetch. Common. 



Rudbeckia hirta. Black-eyed Susan. Very abundant. 



Rosa blanda. Smooth wild rose. Plentiful. 



Oenothera spf Sundrops. Abundant. 



Erigeron stringosiis. Daisy fleabane. Abundant. 



Calopogon pidchelhis. Grass pink. Abundant. 



Achillea millefolium. Yarrow. Plentiful. 



Iris versicolor. (Blue flag. Common. 



Polytaenia Nuttallii. Not common. 



Cacalia planfaginca. Indian plantain. Common. 



Parthenium integrifolium. Prairie dock. Common. 



Phlox glaberriina. Meadow phlox. Abundant. 



Lythrum alatum. Loosestrife. Abundant. 



A SUNNY CROP. 

 By Miss Nell McMurray. 



THROUGHOUT the summer the g-oldenrods have been de- 

 mure and busily storing sunshine ; late in the season the 

 sunshine re-appears in their flowers — in hedges, by the road- 

 side and in forsaken fields — making ideal spots for the storing 

 of sunny thoughts in a walker's heart. 



The earliest and the latest the smallest and the straight- 

 est, of this group of golden flowers, is Solidago crecta. We 

 may find it blooming from the middle of August to the middle 

 of October. Even so late as the middle of November a bit of 

 yellow may be seen in the tiny leaves that enclose some of the 

 late seeds. The plant is stiff and displays small clusters of 

 pale yellow flowers in the axils of its upper leaves. 'Tis a plain 

 creature but has good lasting qualities. 



Solidago nemoralis is rather lowly, but full of grace and 

 brightens a field more than any other of these friends. The 

 deep, bright yellow flower-heads are crowded into dense, droop- 

 ing clusters. 5^. nemoralis keeps 6^. crecta company by con- 



