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  FORTY-SEVENTH 
  REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM, 
  

  

  Rudbeckia 
  hirta 
  Z. 
  

  

  A 
  form 
  with 
  the 
  lower 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  rays 
  of 
  a 
  beautiful 
  brown 
  

   color 
  occurs 
  near 
  Middle 
  Grove. 
  Mrs. 
  Anthony 
  sends 
  the 
  same 
  

   form 
  from 
  Gouverneur. 
  

  

  Erigeron 
  Philadelphicus 
  L. 
  

  

  This 
  handsome 
  fleabane 
  often 
  grows 
  from 
  the 
  crevices 
  of 
  wet 
  

   shaded 
  or 
  dripping 
  cliffs. 
  

  

  Tragopogon 
  pratensis 
  L. 
  

  

  The 
  goatsbeard 
  has 
  been 
  introduced 
  into 
  this 
  country 
  from 
  

   Europe 
  and 
  is 
  becoming 
  more 
  common 
  each 
  year. 
  It 
  is 
  already 
  

   beginning 
  to 
  assert 
  itself 
  as 
  a 
  troublesome 
  weed, 
  and 
  those 
  

   interested 
  should 
  carefully 
  guard 
  their 
  fields 
  and 
  prevent 
  its 
  

   obtaining 
  a 
  foothold 
  in 
  them. 
  It 
  closely 
  resembles 
  the 
  oyster 
  

   plant, 
  which 
  sometimes 
  escapes 
  from 
  cultivation, 
  but 
  which 
  

   seems 
  to 
  be 
  much 
  less 
  common 
  and 
  aggressive. 
  The 
  oyster 
  plant 
  

   has 
  purple 
  flowers, 
  the 
  goatsbeard, 
  yellow 
  flowers. 
  

  

  Hieracium 
  pr 
  seal 
  turn 
  Vill. 
  

  

  This 
  troublesome 
  weed 
  is 
  gradually 
  extending 
  its 
  range 
  south- 
  

   ward. 
  It 
  was 
  observed 
  the 
  past 
  summer 
  at 
  Pierrepont 
  Manor. 
  

   It 
  has 
  also 
  followed 
  the 
  Carthage 
  and 
  Adirondack 
  railroad 
  east- 
  

   ward 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  found 
  at 
  Jay 
  vill 
  e. 
  It 
  would 
  be 
  well 
  if 
  farmers 
  

   would 
  make 
  a 
  special 
  effort 
  to 
  keep 
  this 
  weed 
  in 
  check 
  and 
  also 
  

   its 
  near 
  relative, 
  the 
  orange 
  hawkweed, 
  Hieracium 
  aurantiacum. 
  

   They 
  are 
  similar 
  in 
  habit 
  and 
  appearance, 
  but 
  one 
  has 
  a 
  yellow 
  

   flower, 
  the 
  other 
  an 
  orange 
  or 
  reddish 
  blossom. 
  This 
  one 
  is 
  

   known 
  in 
  some 
  localities 
  as 
  "red 
  daisy." 
  Both 
  form 
  dense 
  

   patches 
  and 
  spread 
  readily 
  by 
  seed 
  which 
  is 
  easily 
  wafted 
  by 
  the 
  

   wind 
  by 
  reason 
  of 
  the 
  cottony 
  plumes. 
  

  

  Rhododendron 
  viscosum 
  Torr. 
  

  

  This 
  beautiful 
  azalea 
  is 
  abundant 
  about 
  Highland 
  lake, 
  Sullivan 
  

   county. 
  A 
  single 
  plant 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  flowers 
  were 
  as 
  

   bright 
  and 
  rosy 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  Rhododendron 
  nudiflorum. 
  Nearly 
  

   all 
  the 
  plants 
  have 
  white 
  flowers. 
  

  

  