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to eight feet; Coreopsis verticillata, one to two feet tall, with its 
finely cut ieee Helio ops. 28 helianthoides, the false sunflower, 
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Lacinaria spicata, ai forth late in the month its long wand- 
like spikes, terminating stems which are two to three feet tall. 
Another member of this ay valuable a pian for the beauti- 
ful blue of its flowers but also for thei shape, is Stokesia 
laevis, of the Gulf region. Aster pare the upland white 
aster, is about the first of these showy plants to make its ap- 
pearance. It is rather slender, one to two feet high, and bears 
terminal clusters of bright white flowers. 
Passing now to the month of August, we find the Compositae 
in the ascendency, both as to species and the number of 
individuals; so’many are they that it is > ppeaile to mention 
a very few of the f the golden rods, one of the first to 
redeem the promise of beauty to come is tt small-flowered form 
of Solidago ial blooming e the month, usually 
about the first week. A little oe ie eet golden 
rod, Solidago juncea, appears upon the scene with its large clus- 
ters of ies yellow flowers and stems some three or four feet 
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of lavender or violet flowers. The tall tic oo ae trip- 
teris, sometimes attaining a height of eight fect, with its numer- 
ous baghey: ellow flowers and three-parted leaves, should not be 
neglected. The prairie button-snakeroot, Lacinaria pycnostachya, 
is a worthy successor to its near relative alluded to above, 
L. spicata, and resembles it in color, but has the upper part of 
the stem very hairy. The purple coneflower, or black Sampson, 
Brauneria purpurea, is eee orthy the attention of the 
lover of flowers. The ray-flowers are a peculiar and unusual 
