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I'eet hij2;li; thc\' are garnished wiili \ er>' small smooth Lea\'es 

 which are entire and ht close to the Stalks. The Mowers grow 

 in a close Panicle at the Top of the Stalk; the\' are of a bright 

 yellow colour, and appear in September." 



It appeared as Species No. 24 in the Fifth edition of his 

 Abridgement of the Gardeners Dictionary (1763) with essenti- 

 alh' the same description. The above description was copied 

 in the eighth edition of the Gardeners Dictionary (1768) and 

 the species there No. 29 was named Solidago petiolata. It does 

 not appear in the sixth edition of the Abridgement (1771). 

 Gray avoided dealing with this name in the Synoptical Flora, 

 altho he did deal with most of Miller's names. 



In the British Museum there is a specimen labeled Soli- 

 dago petiolata Miller. I have a photograph of this kindly sent 

 me by Dr. Rendle. It is a specimen of Solidago odora Ait., 

 and in no way agrees with Miller's description, any more than 

 any other specimens of Solidago odora do. This specimen was 

 gathered in the Chelsea Gardens in 1762. It is self-evidently 

 to be disregarded. 



Anyone familiar with the golden-rods in the general region 

 of Philadelphia will at once see that Miller's description is an 

 excellent one of Solidago stricta Ait. (Hort. Kew. 3:216 1789)' 

 and that it applies to no other species. And this conclusion is 

 strengthened when one recalls that Alton's material of Solidago 

 stricta came from Miller, who he said first cultivated it in 

 1758. 



[/" Solidago linearia Miller 



In the fifth edition of his Abridgement of the Gardeners 

 Dictionary (1763), Miller had the following description of a 

 golden-rod : 



"26. Solidago caule paniculato, pedunculis erectis, foliis 

 linearihus glahris integerrimis sessilibus. Golden-rod with a 

 panicled stalk, erect foot stocks to the flowers and smooth, 



^ Solidago stricta Ait "19. S. caule erecto glabro, foliis caulinis lanceolatis 

 integerrimis glabris margine scabris: radicalibus serratis, racemis paniculatis 

 erectis, pedunculis glabris. 



"Willow-leav'd Golden-rod. 



" Nat. of North America 



"Cult. 1758, by Mr. Philip Miller 



" Fl. September." 



Aiton Hort. Kew. 3:216. 1789. 



