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THISTLE FAMILY 

 Aster linariifolius, Linnaeus 

 East Hartford, in dry sandy soil; frequent 

 Glastonbury, roadside east of the reservoir; frequent 

 Hartford, sandy places in Keney Park; frequent 

 Mancliester, sands along the middle turnpike; frequent 

 North Haven, sandy plains along the railroad; frequent 

 Salisbury, roadside to Bear Mt. ; frequent 

 Simsbury, roadside along the Farmington River; frequent 

 South Windsor., sands about the brick kilns; common 

 Wallingford. sand plains; frequent 



Aster umbellatus^ Miller 

 East Hartford, open thickets on Burnham St. ; plentiful 

 East Windsor, woodland clearings east of the railroad; frequent 

 Fairfield County, open places in woods; frequent 

 Hartford, moist woodland in Keney Park; frequent 

 Manchester, thicket margin and woods on Highland St.; frequent 

 New London, moist grounds; common 

 Salisbury, open wooded slopes; frequent 



MiKANiA SCANDENS, Willdenoic (Climbing Hemp- weed) 

 Fairfield County, not rare 



Gaylordsville, one station near the Housatonic River 

 Stamford, thickets along the watercourses 



SOLIDAGO ARGUTA, Ait07l 



Canaan, western slope of Canaan Mt. ; frequent 



SOLIDAGO LANCEOLATA, LilinaeUS 



Canaan, roadside west of Canaan Mt.; common 

 East Hartford, varying soils and situations; abundant 

 East Windsor, roadside from Broad Brook to Sadd's mill; common 

 Glastonbury, hills along Roaring Brook ; plentiful 

 Hartford, open places in Keney Park ; frequent 

 Middletown, along the river road ; plentiful 

 Norfolk, thicket margin near Grant's station ; abundant 

 Salisbury, wooded roadsides vicinity of Mt. Riga; common 

 Somers, waysides and fence rows; common 

 South Windsor, roadsides throughout the town; common 

 Stamford, fields about Shippan Point; abundant 

 Tolland, widelj' distributed and plentiful 

 Almost as noticeable along roadsides as S. rugosa, Mill. 

 The most abundant golden-rod of the northern part of the state ap- 

 pears to be S. juncea, Ait. S. nemoralis is common, though not 

 as noticeable along roadsides as the S. juncea, yet I judge it fol- 

 lows it in distribution and occurrence 



