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BONESET. The Boneset is to be found during 

 the weeks of late summer in low, wet meadows 

 and along the borders of marshes. It may be 

 recognized by its composite clusters of white flow- 

 ers and its opposite leaves joined together at their 



JOE-PYE WEED 



bases, with the stem of the plant rising from the 

 middle. In earlier years Boneset tea was largely 

 used as a medicine and Boneset taffy was a home- 

 made candy used as a cough cure. 



JOE-PYE WEED. During the latter part of 

 summer the pinkish flower-heads of the Joe-Pye 



