VELLOW 



SNEEZEWEED. SWAMP SUNFLOWER. 



Helenium aiitumnale. Composite Family. 



One to six feet high. Stem. — Angled; erect; branching. Leaves. — 

 Alternate; lance-shaped. Flcnuer- heads. — Yellow; composed of both ray 

 and disk-flowers, the rays three to five-cleft. 



The general effect of this plant is similar to that of the wild 

 sunflowers, but one is able to identify it easily on a close exam- 

 ination, by means of the stem, which is angled, and by the ray- 

 flowers, which are pistillate and from three to five cleft. 



During September it is abundant in Connecticut, and farther 

 south and westward, its bright flower-heads bordering the rivers, 

 gilding the meadows, and illuminating many of those dim wood- 

 land pools which flash upon us so constantly and enticingly as 

 we travel through the country by rail. 



FALL DANDELION. 



Leontodon atitiminalis. Composite Family. 



Scape. — Five to fifteen inches high ; branching. Leaves. — From the 

 root; toothed or deeply incised. Flcnver-heads. — Yellow; composed en- 

 tirely of strap-shaped flowers ; smaller than those of the common dandelion 



From June till November we find the fall dandelion along 

 the New England roadsides, as well as farther south. While the 

 yellow flower-heads somewhat suggest small dandelions the gen- 

 eral habit of the plant recalls some of the hawkweeds. 



STICK-TIGHT. BUR-MARIGOLD. BEGGAR-TICKS. 



Bidens frondosa. Composite Family, [PI- LXXX 



Two to six feet high. Stem. — Branching. Leaves. — Opposite; three to 

 five-divided. Flmver-heads. — Consisting of brownish-yellow tubular flowers ; 

 with a leaf-like involucre beneath. 



If one were only describing the attractive wild flowers, the 

 §tick-tight would certainly be omitted, as its appearance is nq^ 



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