WILD FLOWERS YELLOW AND ORANGE 



by its broad oval, yellowish green leaves. The latter 

 have short stems and a very strongly and sharply 

 toothed margin, and acutely pointed tips. Some- 

 times the upper leaves graduate into smooth edged, 

 lance-shaped formations. Otherwise the plant has, 

 in a general way, many of the characteristics of the pre- 

 ceding species, and the light yellow flowers are set 

 quite the same. The prolonged, slender, leafy stem 

 does not seem to be strong enough to hold itself 

 erect, and it is more apt to be found in a reclining 

 or bending position. It prefers the shadows of 

 rich, open, wooded banks from New Brunswick 

 to Georgia, and to Minnesota and Missouri, from 

 late July to early October. 



WHITE GOLDEN-ROD. SILVER-ROD 



Solidago bicolor. Thistle Family. 



It requires more than a passing glance to recog- 

 nize this hoary albino as a Golden-rod, when one meets 

 with it for the first time. The flowers are cream- 

 coloured or almost white, and the stalk and foliage 

 have a grayish aspect, due to a fine hairy growth upon 

 their surfaces. The unusual colour of the flowers 

 often fools one who has not yet become acquainted 

 with its one dominant peculiarity. But once dis- 

 tinguished, it need never become confused, since it 

 is the only one of its genus that is not yellow. The 

 rather stout stem is either simple or branched, and 

 grows from six inches to four feet in height, and is 

 often stained with purple. The dark green, feather- 



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