30 Report of the State Botanist. 



Rudbeckia hirta L. 



A form with the lower half of the raj's of a beautiful brown 

 color occurs near Middle Grove. Mrs. Anthony sends the same 

 form from Gouverneiir. 



Erigeron Philadelphicus L. 



This handsome fleabane often grows from the crevices of wet 

 shaded or dripping cliffs. 



Tragopogon pratensis L. 



The goatsbeard has been introduced into this country from 

 Europe and is becoming more common each year. It is already 

 beo'ianing' to assert itself as a troublesome weed, and those 

 interested should carefully guard their fields and prevent its 

 obtaining a foothold in them. It elosely resembles the oyster 

 plant, which sometimes escapes from cultivation, but which 

 seems to be much less common and aggressive. The oyster plant 

 has purple flowers, the goatsbeard, yellow flowers. 



Hieracium. prsealtum Vill. 



This troublesome weed is gradually extending its range south- 

 ward. It was observed the past summer at Pierrepont Manor. 

 It has also followed the Carthage and Adirondack railroad east- 

 ward and is now found at Jayville. It would be well if farmers 

 would make a special effort to keep this weed in check and also 

 its near relative, the orange hawkweed, Hieracium aurantiacum. 

 They are similar in habit and appearance, but one has a yellow 

 flower, the other an orange cr reddish blossom. This one is 

 known in some localities as "red daisy.'' Both form dense 

 patches and spread readily by seed which is easily wafted by the 

 wind by reason of the cottony plumes. 



Rhododendron viscosum Ihrr. 



This beautiful azalea is abundant about Highland lake, Sullivan 

 county. A single plant was found in which the flowers were as 

 bright and rosv as those of Rhododendron nudiflorum. !N"early 

 all the plants have white flowers. 



