30 Report of the State Botanist. 



Rudbeckia Mrta X. 



A form with the lower half of the rays of a beautiful brown 

 color occurs near Middle Grove. Mrs. Anthony sends the same 

 form from Gouverneur. 



Erigeron Philadelphicus L. 



This handsome fleabane often grows from the crevices of wet 

 shaded or dripping cliffs. 



Tragopogon pratensis L. 



The goatsbeard has been introduced into this country from 

 Europe and is becoming more common each year. It is already 

 beginning to assert itself as a troublesome weed, and those 

 interested should carefully guard their fields and prevent its 

 obtaining a foothold in them. It closely resembles the oyster 

 plant, which sometimes escapes from cultivation, but which 

 seems to be much less common and aggressive. The oyster plant 

 has purple flowers, the goatsbeard, yellow flowers. 



Hieracium praealtum Vill. 



This troublesome weed is gradually extending its range south- 

 ward. It was observed the past summer at Pierre pont Manor. 

 It has also followed the Carthage and Adirondack railroad east- 

 ward and is now found at Jayville. It would be well if farmers 

 would make a special effort to keep this weed in check and also 

 its near relative, the orange hawkweed, Hieracium aurantiacum. 

 They are similar in habit and appearance, but one has a yeUow 

 flower, the other an orange or reddish blossom. This one is 

 known in some localities as "red dais3\" Both form dense 

 patches and spread readily by seed which is easily wafted by the 

 , wind by reason of the cottony plumes. 



Rhododendron viscosum. Torr. 



This beautiful azalea is abundant about Highland lake, Sullivan 

 county. A single plant was found in which the flowers were as 

 bright and rosy as those of Rhododendron nudiflorum. Nearly 

 all the plants have white flowers. 



