PLANTS GROWING IN MUD. 77 



ASHY MILKWEED. (Plate XXXIIJ,) 



Asclepias cinirea. 



Flowers : small ; growing in umbels. (See A. incarnata^ page 76.) Leaves : 

 opposite; lanceolate, or linear narrowing into a petiole. Stem: one to two 

 feet high ; erect ; slender ; somewhat pubescent. 



This lovely species of milkweed is found mostly in wet 

 barrens. It is one of our shy and well-bred weeds which must 

 look with disdain upon the bad manners of the numerous 

 European plants that have made their homes in this country. 



GOLDEN-ROD, 



Solidcigo nligsfibsa is a 'golden-rod that we find in the peat 

 bogs. It is one of the earliest of the genus to come into bloom, 

 often budding out in July. The small flowers are closely 

 crowded in long, narrow panicles ; and the leaves are lanceolate 

 and pointed. Those of the root sometimes grow to a great 

 length. 



S.J>dtHla, rough-leaved or spreading golden-rod, is a swamp 

 species that has flower-heads growing in short racemes. The 

 long leaves are noticeable from their very rough upper surface 

 and being smooth on the under side. 



S.juncea,pagQ 136, Plate LXIX. 



SWAilP ASTERN. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Composite. Purple, blue or white. Scentless. General. Late sitmmei' and early auluntn, 



Floaver-heads : composed of tubular and ligulate flowers; or ray and disk 

 flowers. The rays purple, blue or white and the disks yellow. 



NEW ENGLAND ASTERS. 



Aster NbvcE-Anglice, 

 The rich soil of the swamps and low grounds can boast as 

 lovely members of the aster family as any field, or roadside 



