WHITE 



A beautiful and abundant seaside species is A. multiflorus. 

 Its small flower-heads are closely crowded on the low, bushy, 

 spreading branches ; its leaves are narrow, rigid, crowded, and 

 somewhat hoary. The whole effect of the plant is heath-like ; 

 it also somewhat suggests an evergreen. 



BONESET. THOROUGHWORT. 



Eupatorium perfoliatum. Composite Family (p. 13). 



Stem. Stout and hairy, two to four feet high. Leaves. Opposite, 

 widely spreading, lance-shaped, united at the base around the stem. Flower- 

 heads. Dull white, small, composed entirely of tubular blossoms borne in 

 large clusters. 



To one whose childhood was passed in the country some 

 fifty years ago the name or sight of this plant is fraught with 

 unpleasant memories. The attic or wood-shed was hung with 

 bunches of the dried herb which served as so many grewsome 

 warnings against wet feet, or any over-exposure which might 

 result in cold or malaria. A certain Nemesis, in the shape of a 

 nauseous draught which was poured down the throat under the 

 name of " boneset tea," attended such a catastrophe. The Ind- 

 ians first discovered its virtues, and named the plant ague-weed. 

 Possibly this is one of the few herbs whose efficacy has not been 

 over-rated. Dr. Millspaugh says : ' ' It is prominently adapted to 

 cure a disease peculiar to the South, known as break-bone fever 

 (Dengue), and it is without doubt from this property that the 

 name boneset was derived." 



WHITE SNAKEROOT. 



Eupatorium ageratoides. Composite Family (p. 13). 



About three feet high. Stem. Smooth and branching. Leaves. Op- 

 posite, long-stalked, broadly ovate, coarsely and sharply toothed. Flower- 

 heads. White, clustered, composed of tubular blossoms. 



Although this species is less common than boneset, it is 

 frequently found blossoming in the rich Northern woods of late 

 summer. 



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