Early August 



is the Joe-Pye-weed, with tall stout stems 

 surrounded by circles of rough oblong 

 leaves, and with intensely purple-pink 

 flowers, which are massing themselves 

 effectively in the low meadows. In parts 

 of the country no plant does more for the 

 beauty of the landscape of late summer. 

 It is said to have taken its name from an 

 Indian medicine-man, who found it a cure 

 for typhus fever. 



The European bellflower has become 

 naturalized in New England, and the 

 roadsides now are bright with its graceful 

 lilac-blue spires. Another brilliant emi- 

 grant which is blossoming at present is 

 the purple loosestrife. The botany ex- 

 tends its range from Nova Scotia to Dela- 

 ware, but I find its myriad deep-hued 

 wands only on the swampy shores of the 

 Hudson, and in the marshes which have 

 for their background the level outline 

 of the Shawangunk Mountains. 



Along shaded streams the jewel-weeds 

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