MOUNTAIN FI.OWlJxS ,<.^ 



with entire nnvj^h niari;iiis. It <;r()\vs in dry soil and rears 

 its clusters of golden hloom where the sunlight and shade 

 interlace at the edge of the forests. 



S. fujiiom/is, or Gray Golden-nxl, is so called on ac < ount 

 of its gray-green cotton)- stems and leaves. The latter are 

 lance-shaped and sharpl\- toothed. 



Thus we see that the Golden-rods grow e\er\ where, from 

 the high hill-crests to the deej) sweet \alle\s ; that some 

 species attain to a height of six feet under certain very favour- 

 able conditions, w^hile others grow in dwarf aljjine forms, well- 

 nigh prostrate u])on the ground ; some are slender-stemmed, 

 some have stout woodv support ; some bear big branc hing 

 panicles of abundant bloom, while others again have but few- 

 blossoms closely clustered about their erect stalks, ^'et in 

 spite of all these many differences between the \ arious species, 

 the Golden-rods are quite unmistakable as a genus. 



GIANT SUNFLOWER 



Ilcliantlius i^ii^^anieus. Coinixisite Family 



Perennial by fleshy roots and creepinij rootstocks. Stems: erect, his- 

 pid, branched near the summit. Leaves: lanceolate, very roui;h above, 

 pubescent beneath, serrate, acuminate at the ape.x, narrowed at the bast. 

 Flowers: rays spreading, entire: disk-flowers perfect, fertile: corolla tu- 

 bular, the tube short, the limb five-lohed : involucre hemispheric, hirsute. 



What the cultivated Sunflower is to the olher dwellers 

 in old-fashioned gardens the wild Giant Sunflower is to the 

 other dwellers in the woodlands, ll is the gorgeous ornament 

 and lord of the localit\-, one of the most conspicuous of all the 

 many flowers that might fairly be designated b\- the term lulios, 

 "the sun," and antJios, "a flower"; for the \ellow Asters. 

 Aplopappi, Gaillardias, Arnicas, and Ragworts are really all 

 equally amenable to this title. 



The Giant Sunflower has fi\e large blossoms, coniposi-d »>! 

 numerous bright vellow rays and a disk of perfeit fertile florets. 

 The leaves are lance-shaped and \er\ rough to the touch. 



