Late August and Early September 



and fills her hollows with the pink drifts 

 of the Joe-Pye-weed, or with the intense 

 red-purple of the iron-weed, and guards 

 her brooks with tall ranks of yellow sun- 

 flowers, then, I think, that any moor or 

 meadow of Great Britain might be set in 

 her midst and yet fail to pale her glory. 

 Of the hundred or so classified species 

 of golden - rod, about eighty belong to 

 the United States. Of these some forty 

 can be found in our Northeastern States. 

 The scientific name of the genus, Soli- 

 dago, signifying '' to make whole," refers 

 to the faith which formerly prevailed in 

 its healing powers. It belongs to the 

 Composite family, which now predomi- 

 nates so generally. Its small heads are 

 composed of both ray- and disk- flowers, 

 which are of the same golden hue, except 

 in one species. These flower-heads are 

 usually clustered in one-sided racemes, 

 which spring from the upper part of a 

 leafy stem. 



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