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Cirsium arvense, Scop., this pest of the farmers has taken 



firm hold in this district. 

 Lappa major, Grerth,, raises itself in very strong form 



throughout the locality. 

 Tanace.tum vulgare, L.. to be found only in two spots on 



the roadside, near dwellings, from the gardens of which 



it probably has strayed. 

 Artemisia vulgaris, L., found near old dwellings and along 



the roadside, having travelled with advancing civiliza- 

 tion, but clearly not a native. 

 Gnaphalium decurrens, Ives, abounds on the hillsides. 

 Ghaaphalium polycephalum. Michx., still more abundant 



than the last, and found in every variety of soil and 



situation. 

 Ghaaphalium uliginosum, L. in all the fields, on the hilltops, 



and in the cultivated grounds and gardens below as 



well, proving rather a nuisance ; one of the charac- 

 teristic plants of the district. 

 Eupatorium purpureum, L., grows very large in spots near 



the Murray and Loutre rivers, but there is little of it in 



the intervening territory. 

 Eupatorium perfoliatum, L., still rarer than the last and 



found in the same localities. 

 Eupatorium ageratoides, L., grows high and strong in the 



woods bordering on the brooks. 

 Senecio vulgaris, L., abounds in grounds near barns and 



in the neighborhood of gardens especially. 

 Senecio aureus, L., occasionally met with in swamps and 



damp ditches by the wayside. 

 Solidago squamosa, Muhl., abounds everywhere in open 



fields and borders of woods. 

 Solidago concolor, L., also abundant in the same localities 



as the last. 

 Solidago latifolia, L., very abundant in cool thickets. 

 Solidago ccesia, L., is occasionally met with near fences 



and on the hillsides. 

 Solidago arguta, var juncea, Ait., prevails largely in the 



district in the fields and roadside. 



