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species, the luawkweed-leaved groundsel {Senecio 

 hieradfolius) is a most troublesome weed iu 

 newly- cleared grounds of Nortli America, and 

 is called by the Canadians fireweed, because it 

 springs up from the ashes of the clearing flame. 

 Its white flowers bloom in August. A yellow, 

 creeping -rooted kind, which grows wild in 

 Britain, (Senecio Sarracenicus,) was used by the 

 Saracens in the cure of wounds. 



Some species of groundsel are found wild in 

 every part of the world, but a great variety 

 exists in South Africa. Backhouse describes 

 the groundsels of the sandy deserts as of piu-ple 

 or lilac, resembling those of our gardens. Hum- 

 boldt found this tribe very numerous in the 

 upper regions of the Andes, just below the 

 limits of eternal snows, " where the sun has 

 very little power, where hurricanes are inces- 

 sant, and not a tree is al^le to rear its head." 



The greater number of those handsome 

 annual border flowers, the fair-eye, or coreop- 

 sis, are now common. The dyer's coreopsis 

 {CalUopsis hicolor) is one of the most popular 

 kinds. Its yellow flowers grow wild on the 

 borders of the Missouri, and have been used in 

 dyeing. The whorl-leaved coreopsis of North 

 Amenca, {CalUopsis veiiicillata,) wh^ch is a tall 

 plant, often cultivated in our shrubberies, is in 

 bloom now, and for several months. The 

 colour contained in its flowers is used for dye- 

 ing cloth red. 



Some of the species of sage which are now 

 80 generally cultivated for their blossoms, are 



