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hardy heath family is wanting altogether. 

 Out of the whole number about forty-three 

 are indigenous. Witch-hazel is the only 

 shrub, and, as might have been expected, 

 there is no climbing plant. 



In setting down such a list one feels it a 

 pity that so few of the golden-rods and as- 

 ters have any specific designation in Eng- 

 lish. Under this feeling, I have presumed 

 myself to name two of the golden -rods, 

 Solidago Canadensis and Solidago nemora- 

 lis. With us, at all events, the former is 

 the first of its genus to blossom, and may 

 appropriately enough wear the title of early 

 golden-rod, while the latter must have been 

 noticed by everybody for its peculiar gray- 

 ish, " dusty-miller " foliage. It has, more- 

 over, an exceptional right to a vernacular 

 name, being both one of the commonest 

 and one of the showiest of our roadside 

 weeds. Till something better is proposed, 

 therefore, let us call it the dusty golden-rod. 



It must in fairness be acknowledged that 

 I did not stand upon the quality of my 

 specimens. Many of them were nothing 

 but accidental and not very reputable-look- 

 ing laggards; but in November, especially 



