hiil Fl.OltA OK (iKANl) J^AHIDS. 



iL'oO. T. I'UATKNsis L. (Joat's-bcanl. 



Alon<j waysidos :in«l in uiitillcd soil; s]troa(liiif; frocly. June-July. 



VERBESINA 1,. 

 V. encelioides (Cav.) (rray. Gulden Crownbeanl. 



'i'his spei'ic's lias aitpcaivd since 1892 on the Farm of J. E. 

 Pliillips, See. ) !•, Paris. It was intro<liieed tlirougli refuse from 

 the Felt-Boot Factory, where tiie wool used was ])rocured from 

 New .Mexico and the South-West (Allen J*hillii)s). The plant la 

 an annual and is reproduced throuLrh self-sown seed. It retains 

 all of its original characteristics, even the color of its foliage. 



In lfc>ii2, seeds from these plants were sent to the Botanical 

 Garden of 1^1. A. C, where it still maintains itself. Besides 

 this species, several others, inu|ueetionably introduced in the 

 same manner, are found on the i'arm of Mr. Phillips; as. Cen- 

 taur ea rirgata, J'Ji'i/nimvm. fisptrxnt, O'rindrJia squarrosa, 

 Helranthu8 ptt.iolaris, and Sisymbrhmi Trio. 



To note the plants which a]i})ear and become established on 

 the premises of those using the refuse from this Factory, would 

 be of general interest and importance. Of late, considerable of 

 the material used in the Factory has Iteen inii»orted from India, 

 Persia, and Hussia. 



VERNONIA Schreb. Iijon-wkko. 

 Il'oT. V. altissima Niitt. 



' • (liifctntea (Walt.) Britton. 

 In moist soil: frequent. Ang.-iMid-Sept. 

 12r,8. V. altissima grandiflora Gray. 

 I '. />riimmondii. Shuttlw. 

 River banks and low ground; frequent. Aug.-Mid-Sejn. 

 1259. V. glaucaL. Britton. 



On light soil along the roadside between West Bridge St. and 

 Stafford Lake. Aug. 



XANTHIUM L. Gocklkhuk. Cloth jr. 

 1200. X. CanacSense .Mill. 



Common along river bnnks Hud in waste places. Aug. -Oct. 



