GOLDEN-ROD AND ASTERS. 



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1. Solidago arguta. Blooms about the middle of 

 July. Leaves feather-veined, but not very distinctly 

 so, large, broad, smooth, the lower 

 ones sharply toothed, the upper 

 ones without teeth ; in shape, oval, 

 sharp - pointed at both ends. 

 Stem angled, smooth, angular 

 in section, and sometimes ruddy 

 brown. Flower, light golden yellow, 

 fully a quarter of an inch long, with 

 six or seven large rays. Flower plume 

 long and gracefully curved. If the plant 

 is one-stemmed and small the flowers will 

 spring from the junction of each leaf 

 with the stem. This species is common 

 in copses and the borders of woods ; it 

 grows from two to four feet high. 



2. Solidago juncea. Blooms about the 

 latter end of July ; often in company with 

 the foregoing species. Leaves slightly 

 three-ribbed, smooth ; lower ones large, 

 somewhat elliptical, sharply toothed, the teeth spread- 

 ing ; a tiny leaf wing grows out on either side of the 

 leafstem where it joins the stem of the plant ; upper 

 leaves generally without teeth, shaped like willow 

 leaves. Stem straight and smooth, not perfectly 

 cylindrical in section. Flower small, golden yellow, 



