JULY TO OCTOBER. 



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Common Everlasting is so well known by 



verasing. ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ j|. y^ggdg j^q descrip- 



Gnqphalium 



pol//cej)haium. tion here ; yet the 

 little white flowers are so much like 

 miniature pond lilies under the micro- 

 scope that the resemblance is amus- 

 ing, and the regularly formed little 

 thino; becomes beautiful : but what 

 appears to be tiny white petals are 

 in reality a number of scales called 

 the involucre, or flower envelop ; 

 the central whitish or yellow part 

 constitutes the flower head. An 

 analysis of this under a rather 

 powerful glass is quite interesting. 

 The plant is conspicuous in every 

 field by its cottony foliage, which is 

 pale sage-green in color. Pearly 

 everlasting {Anaphalis marga- 

 ritacea) has a broader flower 

 cluster, is generally whiter, and 

 grows in dry fields and near the 

 woods. 



Bur-Marigold, or The bur-mari- 



Beggar-ticks. gold is a wretch- 



Bida,sfro,dosa. ^^ ^^^^^ ^^,j^|^ 



rather pretty conventional leafage, but unattractive 

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Everlasting. 



