CASSIA 



(An ancient Greek plant name, derived from the Hebrew) 



Leguminosa 



12. Cassia marylandica 

 English Names: American senna, Wild senna. 



NEW ENGLAND TO MICHIGAN AND SOUTH JULY AND AUGUST 



NUMEROUS small bright-yellow flowers, shaped somewhat like a 

 pea blossom, with chocolate-colored anthers, in axillary clusters near 

 the top of a handsome shrublike plant three to five feet high. The foliage 

 is compound and finely 

 cut, like that of the sen- 

 sitive plant, light green 

 in color, and very at- 

 tractive. After blooming 

 the foliage dies and should 

 be cut down or hidden by 

 other plants. 



Handsome among 

 shrubbery or in the her- 

 baceous border, and very 

 valuable for naturalizing 

 in waste places. 



A perfectly hardy 

 perennial of easiest cul- 

 ture, thriving even in 

 poor soil. Will grow 

 either in wet or dry 

 places, its only require- 

 ment being plenty of sun. 



Propagate by seed oi 

 by division. 



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