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Solidago hispida Miihl. 



Dry sandy soil. Karner, Albany co. August and September. 



This is Solidago bicolor var. concolor T. & G. in the Manual. It is a 

 pretty goldenrod, similar in its general characters to S. bicolor^ but easily 

 distinguished from it by the yellow rays of the flower heads. In the 

 smaller and less vigorous plants the panicle is long, narrow and spike- 

 like, in the larger and more vigorous it is comparatively shorter and 

 broader, its branches being longer. 



Aster hirsuticaulis Lindl, 



Woods and roadsides. Charlotteville swamp, Schoharie co. ; Wells, 

 Hamilton co. ; Northville, Fulton co. and Corning, Steuben co. August 

 and September. This species has generally been regarded as a variety 

 of A, miser Nutt. or its equivalent A. diffiisus Ait., but in Illiislrated 

 flora it has been restored to specitic rank. 



Antennaria neg"lecta Greene 



Pastures and roadsides. Wynantskill and Sand Lake, Rensselaer 

 CO.; Mertands, Albany co. and New Paltz, Ulster co. May and June. 

 This species may be distinguished from the more coraraon A. planlagijii- 

 folia^ with which it has till recently been confused, by its smaller and 

 single veined basal leaves and by its racemed heads of flowers. 



Nabalus trifoliatus Cass. 

 Woods. Menands and North Elba. August and September. 



Broussonetia papyrifera (Z.) Vent. 



Roadsides. Woodlawn, Long Island. May. G. D. Hulst. Intro- 

 duced and occasionally escapes from cultivation. 



Salsola Tragus L. 



Near Rochester and also along the railroad at Livonia salt mine 

 about 30 miles south of Rochester. October. M. S. Baxter. 



The Russian thistle has probably been brought to these stations from 

 the west. A few years ago it was introduced into North Dakota, and 

 from this as a starting point it has been spreading in various directions. 

 It has already acquired the reputation of being a most pernicious weed, 

 and it should meet with prompt destruction in every new locality in 

 which it may appear. It is an annual plant and special care should be 



