WILD FLOWERS yellow and orange 



is exceedingly democratic, and grows vigorously 

 wherever it elects to drop a root. In thickets and 

 rich, open soils it is at its best, although it blossoms 

 serenely in dry soil in fields, and along dusty roadsides, 

 from July to October. The tall, stout, rough stem is 

 thickly covered with minute hairs, and grows from 

 three to eight feet high. At the top it branches in 

 every direction, with slender, drooping, pyramiding 

 stems that are broadly and thickly set on the upper 

 side, with the tiny, bright yellow, three to seven 

 rayed flowers. The stalk is crowded with the 

 narrow, tapering, thin-textured and sharply toothed, 

 long, three -veined leaves. The basal leaves are 

 broader, and have slender stems. They are 

 usually smooth above and finely hairy beneath. 

 Canada Golden-rod flourishes from Newfoundland 

 to the Northwest Territory, and British Columbia, 

 southward to Florida and Arizona. 



BUSHY, OR FRAGRANT QOLDEN-ROD 



Solidago graminifolia. Thistle Family. 



This species differs so much from the true Golden- 

 rods, Solidago, with which it is classed, that many 

 botanists regard it as the leading type of a separate 

 and new genus, Euthamia, a Greek word referring to 

 its clustered heads. The crushed leaves and flowers 

 are fragrant. This, together with its flat top has often 

 caused it to be mistaken for Tansy. Its slender, leafy, 

 green stalk branches widely at the top. It is occasion- 

 ally rough to the touch, and grows from two to four 



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