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GARDENING. 



Sept. 



some of the readers of Gardening to 

 learn their names should they possess the 

 sorts. I refer to the section in which the 

 flowers are axillary, being clustered along 

 the stem in small bunches, instead of 

 being in a terminal panicle or corymb, as 

 so man}' are. These three goldenrodsare 

 csssia, latilolia and bicolor. Strangely, 

 too, the last named is a white goldenrod, 

 the only one among the fifty sorts of any 

 other than a yellow color. It is just 

 coming into flower now. Its unbranched 

 stem makes a growth of about two feet, 

 the flowers starting at about one foot 

 from the ground and clothing the plant 

 to the top. Besides its rarity in color it 

 is a decidedly pretty sort. It is usually 

 found on the borders of woods, on dryish 

 ground. 



In quite dissimilar situation is found a 

 showy sort, latifolia. Its home is in wet 

 places, or decidedly damp ones. Its beau- 

 tiful yellow flowers are clustered along 

 the stem a in the case of bicolor, forming 

 long wand-like shoots of yellow flowers. 

 I remember well how in my early botan- 

 ical days this species elated me when I 

 first found it. It has large, broad, ser- 

 rated leaves, like m ny asters, and quite 

 unlike ordinary goldenrods, and at first 

 sight I thought I had discovered some 

 new aster. Though a moisture loving 

 plant it will do very well in a common 

 garden situation. It, too, is in flower 

 now. 



The third one of this class is cassia, a 

 truly elegant species, and one which 

 flowers later than many others. I think 

 it one of the best of all goldenrods. The 

 stems are slender, but perfectly strong. 

 They attain a length of about three feet, 

 but the upper part of the stems curve 

 over slightly. Theeolorof thestemsiseb- 

 ony, the leaves are small and in every axil 

 from a little distance above the ground, 

 is a cluster of deep yellow flowers. It is 

 delicate looking, yet hardy and beautiful, 

 being to goldenrods what the maidenhair 

 fern is to ferns. 



There are one or two other species with 

 axillary flowers, nativesof the south, but 

 only the three mentioned in the north, 

 hence it is not difficult to name them. 



Goldenrods take readily to garden cul- 

 ture, a few of each kind should be marked 

 when in flower, to be dug up and planted 

 in the garden in early October. There 

 are so many sorts, flowering too at differ- 

 ent periods, that a display can be had 

 from late July till frost. 



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