Late August and Early September 



we found in the woods some time ago. 

 The slender gerardia is a similar-looking 

 plant which abounds farther inland. This 

 genus is named after the early botanist, 

 Gerarde, author of the famous ' ' Herball. ' ' 

 Its members are supposed to be more or 

 less parasitic in their habits, drawing their 

 nourishment from the roots of other plants. 

 For some time the pale foliage of the salt- 

 marsh fleabane has been conspicuous by 

 contrast among the daily deepening flower- 

 heads of the milkwort and the bright green 

 leaves of the marsh St. JohnVwort, and 

 finally it spreads before us its pink clusters 

 of tiny, strongly scented flowers. 



Some weeks since I described the pick- 

 erel-weed and arrow - head as in their 

 prime, but it must be remembered that a 

 plant which flowers in August in Southern 

 New York and New Jersey may not blos- 

 som in the mountains farther north until 

 September. Along the Saranac River in 

 the Adirondacks a few days ago I found 

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