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in the open, where they can be free to de- 

 velop in their own way and at leisure. But 

 this representative of Nyssa multiflora took 

 the only chance that offered, I presume, as 

 the rest of us must do. 



Happy the humble! who aspire not to 

 lofty things, demanding the lapse of years 

 for their fulfillment, but are content to set 

 before themselves some lesser task, such as 

 the brevity of a single season may suffice 

 to accomplish. Here were the asters and 

 golden -rods already finishing their course 

 in glory, while the tupelo was still barely 

 getting under way in a race which, how- 

 ever prolonged, was all but certain to ter- 

 minate in failure. Of the golden -rods I 

 noted four species, including the white 

 which might appropriately be called sil- 

 very-rod and the blue-stemmed. The 

 latter {Solidago ccesia) is to my eye the 

 prettiest of all that grow with us, though 

 it is nearly the least obtrusive. It is rarely, 

 if ever, found outside of woods, and ought 

 to bear some name (sylvan golden-rod, per- 

 haps) indicative of the fact. 



As a rule, fall flowers have little deli- 

 cacy and fragrance. They are children of 



