YELLOW AND ORANGE WILD FLOWERS 



a rule, avoid the Golden-rods as a steady diet, and are 

 particularly keen to avoid this rough Bitter weed. 



GRAY, OR FIELD GOLDEN-ROD. DYER'S WEED 



Solidago nemoralis. Thistle Family. 



This common species raises its slender, ashy-gray 

 stalk from six inches to two feet high. It is single, 

 very leafy, and covered with minute whitish hairs. 

 It has been considered one of the most brilliant of 

 its kind, on account of its exceedingly rich, yellow 

 flowers. It is a low-growing plant, and is somewhat 

 late to appear in flower. The thick, roughish leaves 

 are three-ribbed, and the lower ones are broadest and 

 taper into stems. As they mount the stalk, they gradu- 

 ate rapidly into long, narrow-pointed affairs, and 

 their margins are slightly toothed. The pretty, five 

 to nine rayed flowers are set on little recurving stems 

 toward the top of the stalk, forming a close, suc- 

 ceeding series of flat-topped, leafy clusters that finally 

 compose the beautiful, one-sided plume. This plant 

 is found in fields and dry roadsides, from July to 

 November. It ranges from Quebec and the Northwest 

 Territory to Florida, Texas, and Arizona. 



CANADA GOLDEN-ROD. YELLOW-WEED 



Solidago canadensis. Thistle Family. 



Here is a feather duster of glowing gold, and a close 

 rival of the elegant Showy or Noble Golden-rod. It 

 is probably the largest, showiest, and most common 

 of them all — if not, indeed, the handsomest. It 



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