YELLOW 



West, and are not altogether acceptable guests, as they bid fair 

 to add another anxiety to the already harassed life of the New 

 England farmer. 



Rudbeckia laciniata. Composite Family (p. 13). 



Two to seven feet high. Stem. Smooth, branching. Leaves. The 

 lower divided into lobed leaflets, the upper irregularly three to five-parted. 

 Flower-heads. Yellow, rather large, composed of both ray and disk-flowers, 

 the former drooping and yellow, the later dull greenish and arranged on a 

 columnar receptacle. 



This graceful, showy flower is even more decorative than the 

 black-eyed Susan. Its drooping yellow rays are from one to 

 two inches long. It may be found throughout the summer in 

 the low thickets which border the swamps and meadows. 



GOLDEN ASTER. 



Chrysopsis Mariana. Composite Family ( p. 13). 



Stem. Silky, with long weak hairs when young. Leaves. Alternate, 

 oblong. Flower-heads. Golden-yellow, rather large, composed of both ray 

 and disk-flowers. 



In dry places along the roadsides of Southern New York and 

 farther south, one can hardly fail to notice in late summer and 

 autumn the bright clusters of the golden aster. 



C. falcata is a species which may be found in dry sandy soil 

 as far north as Massachusetts, with very woolly stems, crowded 

 linear leaves, and small, clustered flower-heads. 



GOLDEN-ROD. 



Solidago. Composite Family (p. 13). 

 Flower-heads. Golden-yellow, composed of both ray and disk-flowers. 



About eighty species of golden -rod are native to the United 

 States : of these forty-two species can be found in our North- 

 eastern States. Many of them are difficult of identification, and 

 it would be useless to describe any but a few of the more con- 

 spicuous forms. 



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