COMPOSITE FAMILY. Compositse. 



florets, in terminal clusters, furnish an abundance of 



nectar for the visiting honeybee — the rule with all Eii- 



patoriums and Venionias. 2-5 feet high. Common 



everywhere on wet ground. 



The most attractive and graceful mem- 



White Y)QY of this generally coarse genus. The 



Snakeroot , i i , , 



Eupatorium large-toothed leaves are deep green, 



ageratoides smooth, thin, slender-stemmed, and nearly 



White heart-shaped. Flowers white (not dull) 



V*^^~ . and peculiarly downy, like the garden 



September ^ ^, /. ^ ^ V • r, -o- i -, 



Ageratiim. 1-4 feet high. Rich woods 



and copses. Me., south to Ga., and west to S. Dak., 



Neb., and La. 



A very similar species with short- 

 Eupatorium stemmed leaves, dull-toothed and blunt- 

 pointed ; the flowers a trifle larger. Near 

 the coast, from Mass. to Ga. The name is misleading — 

 it is not aromatic. 



A tall, stout, liandsome species belong- 

 Tall^Blazing -^^ ^^ ^ beautiful genus. The showy 

 Liaf/Ks«ca//osaflo^^er-spike set with magenta-purple to 

 Magenta= pale violet, tubular, perfect flowers, the 



purple heads sometimes | inch broad. Leaves 



ugust- deep green, hoarv, narrow lance-shaped, 



September / , " . ^i /i 



and alternate- growing. The flowers ex- 

 hibit many aesthetic and variable tints. 2-6 feet high. 

 In drj' situations, by roadsides and in fields. Me.,, south, 

 and west to S, Dak. and Tex. 



A lower species (beginning to bloom in 

 Liatris June) with smooth or often hairy, stiff, 



squarrosa ,, '• ,.,,n n 



linear leaves, and with the few flowers on 



the spike bright magenta-purple and fully an inch long ; 

 the scales enveloping them are leaflike wuth sharp, spread- 

 ing tips. 6-22 inches high. Pa., south, and west to S. 

 Dak. and Tex. 



A commoner species, smooth or nearly 



'^^ *''^ so, with linear leaves and a closelv set 



spicata 



flower-spike sometimes fulh^ 14 inches 



long ; the flowers, about ^ inch broad, range from pur- 

 ple to violet or rarely to white. 2-5 feet high. Moist 

 low ground. Mass. , south, and west to S. Dak. and Ark. 



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