A GUIDE TO THE WILD FLOWERS 



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in our area, only a few can be included here, for they inter- 

 grade a good deal, many hybridize with one another, and 

 all are difficult to identify. Those below are to be considered 

 typical of several well-marked groups, rather than an at- 

 tempt to differentiate all the technical species recognized in 

 the Manuals. The species here included may be separated 

 thus: 



Heads, not the cluster of them, at least 3 in. wide 



Purple Cone-flower no. 853 



Heads not so wide 

 Leaves toothed, at least some of them 

 Flowers white 



Basal leaves large and heart-shaped 



White Wood Aster no. 854 



Basal leaves, if any, not heart-shaped 



Stem zig-zag ; leaves tapering to the tip 



Mountain Aster no. 855 



Stems not zig-zag 

 Bracts beneath th'e heads herbaceous and slightly re- 

 curved White-topped Astor no. 856 



Bracts not herbaceous; erect 



Plant hairy Daisy Fleabane no. 857 



Plant without hairs Tall White Aster no. 858 



Flowers lavender, violet, or rose-purple 



Flowers rose-purple; plant mostly hairy. .. .Skevish no. 859 

 Flowers violet or bluish-violet 



Basal leaves large and heart-shaped 



Blue Wood Aster no. 860 



Basal leaves, if any, not large and heart-shaped 



Small Fleabane no. 86i 



