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varieties, nlay be seen from May until November, 

 and the rugged Bur Thistle, like the veritable 

 tramp that it is, only disappears when literally 

 snowed under. 



June also brings the white bunches of Yarrow 

 with the pungent herbage, while as the month 

 passes the white of the Ox-eye Daisy grows 

 dingy, and Black -eyed Susan, vigorous and bus- 

 tling in a blaze of Indian yellow, takes its place, 

 giving the keynote of the color scheme that will 

 gradually dominate, until, in many places, the field 

 flag of August and September is a tricolor of 

 gold -green -purple. 



In July the golden buttons and vigorous fern- 

 cut leaves of Tansy draw attention to the roadsides 

 and waste corners that it brightens, at the same 

 time giving a wholesome, herby odor, telling of its 

 medicinal qualities, which have, in fact, gained for 

 the flowers the somewhat dubious name of Bitter 

 Buttons. During this month, also, the various 

 Coneflowers, Black-eyed Susan's taller kinsmen, 

 draw the eye from the open fields to the low river 

 borders, where the notched yellow rays of the 

 green -headed Coneflower, held well above the 

 deeply-cut leaves, rival the Giant Sunflower in 

 height, bending above the intervening barriers of 



