192 Canadian Record of Science. 



Senecio iNTiGEKRiiius NuTT. — Entirc-lcavcd Groundsel 

 ■ — Kananaskis. June. 



Senecio lugens Eichards. — Blach-tiijpcd Groundsel.— 

 Canmore. June. 



Senecio canus Hook. — Silvery Groundsel — Broadview. 

 June. 



Senecio Plattensis Nutt. — Prairie Ragwort. — Ellis- 

 boro. June. 



Senecio discoideus (Hook.) Brixton. — Northern Squaiv- 

 weed. — Wolseley. June. 



Senecio compactus (A. Gray) Eydberg. — Western 

 Squavj-vjeed. — Kananaskis. June. 



Senecio aureus parviflorus fPuRSH.) Brixton. — 

 Small-fiowered Squaw-vjeed. — Laggan. June. 



Senecio palustris Hook. — Mar-'sh Groundsel — Mani- 

 toba. July. 



CNICUS L. Sp. 



Cnicus eriocephalus Gray. — WooUy-headed Thistle. — 

 Pacific slope. May. 



North American Golden Rods. 



By Rev. Robekt Campbell, M.A., D.D. 



The Golden-rods are not only the most in evidence of our 

 late summer and early autumn wild flowers, but they are 

 also intrinsically the finest of them all. They are the 

 glory of the field and forest borders, and quite eclipse any 

 genus that Great Britain can show at the corresponding 

 season of the year. Students of botany who may not be 

 in a position to roam over the whole domain of our native 

 flora might well find occupation in collecting and examin- 

 ing this genus alone. The number of species within 



