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common evening-primrose, smaller evening- 

 primrose, carrot, blue-stemmed golden-rod, 

 white golden-rod (or silvery-rod), seaside 

 golden -rod, Solidago juncea, Solidago ru- 

 gosa, dusty golden -rod, early golden -rod, 

 corymbed aster, wavy-leaved aster, heart- 

 leaved aster, many-flowered aster, Aster vi- 

 mineus, Aster diffusus, New York aster, 

 Aster puniceus, narrow - leaved aster, flea- 

 bane, horse-weed, everlasting, cudweed, cone- 

 flower, mayweed, yarrow, tansy, groundsel, 

 burdock, Canada thistle, fall dandelion, 

 common dandelion, sow thistle, Indian 

 tobacco, bell-flower {Campanula rapun- 

 culoides), fringed gentian, wild toad-flax, 

 butter and eggs, self - heal, motherwort, 

 jointweed, doorweed, and ladies' tresses 

 {Spiranthes cernua). 



Here, then, we have seventy-three species, 

 all but one of which (Spirant hes cernua^ 

 are of the class of exogens. Twenty-two 

 orders are represented, the great autumnal 

 family of the Composite naturally taking 

 the lead, with thirty species (sixteen of 

 them asters and golden -rods), while the 

 mustard, pink, and pulse families come 

 next, with five species each. The large and 



