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Barrichia Arborescens, D. C. (seaside marigold.) An erect, 

 brittle, succulent maritime shrub, three to four feet high. 

 I^eaves flesliy, three to four inches long, entire, tapering and 

 embracing the stem with their united base — some smooth and 

 shining green, some lioar^' and grey, both being on the same 

 plant. Flower-heads a bright yellow, one and a half inch 

 across, not unlike the garden Dutch marigold. Common on 

 seaside rocks. Maj' to September. 



Baccharis Heterophilla. H. B. K. (dogbush.) An erect 

 bushy shrub, four to six feet high, with smooth angular 

 branches. Leaves leathery, two to three inches long, smooth 

 and shining. Flower-heads on terminal branchlets, with a 

 whitish covering over flowers which are a brownish-white, one- 

 third inch in diameter. Very common in and around marshes. 

 It is used as one of the decorations for houses and churches at 

 Christmas, as is has the property of keeping green and or- 

 namental for weeks. November to IN'iarch. 



Solidago Sempervirens. Linn, (golden rod.) An erect 

 plant with smooth purplish stem two to four feet high; leaves 

 lance-shaped, acute at both ends, one to two inches wide, 

 smooth, entire, rather fleshy, and bushy below flower-head. 

 The root leaves on long stalks; flower-heads one-sided, com- 

 pact, nodding. Flowers, golden yellow in long tassel. Com- 

 mon, mostly in damp or shady spots. Perennial. Summer 

 months. 



Solidago Mexicano. H. B. (golden rod. ) Very closely re- 

 sembling the preceding, but is more stunted in growth, and 

 sturdy. It frequents high and dry ground, old quarries and 

 rocky bluffs Perennial. Autumn. 



Krigeron Canadensis. Linn, (fleabane, ) An erect plant 

 with wiry stem, one to three feet high; much branched above; 

 rough, hairy and furrowed. Leaves two to three inches long, 

 quarter of an inch wide, lanceolate. Flower-heads small, in 

 bunches with insignificant florets. Flowers white, one sixth 

 of an inch across. A troublesome weed, and common in culti- 

 vated ground and on waysides. May to August. Annual. 



Erigeron Pusillus. (fleabane.) This seems to be only a 



