WILD FLOWERS YELLOW AND ORANGE 
is exceedingly democratic, and grows vigorously 
wherever it elects to drop a root. In thickets and 
rich, open soils it is at its best, although it blossoms 
serenely in dry soil in fields, and along dusty roadsides, 
from July to October. The tall, stout, rough stem is 
thickly covered with minute hairs, and grows from 
three to eight feet high. At the top it branches in 
every direction, with slender, drooping, pyramiding 
stems that are broadly and thickly set on the upper 
side, with the tiny, bright yellow, three to seven 
rayed flowers. The stalk is crowded with the 
narrow, tapering, thin-textured and sharply toothed, 
long, three-veined leaves. The basal leaves are 
broader, and have slender stems. They are 
usually smooth above and finely hairy beneath. 
Canada Golden-rod flourishes from Newfoundland 
to the Northwest Territory, and British Columbia, 
southward to Florida and Arizona. 
BUSHY, OR FRAGRANT GOLDEN-ROD 
Solidago graminifolia. Thistle Family. 
This species differs so much from the true Golden- 
rods, Solidago, with which it is classed, that many 
botanists regard it as the leading type of a separate 
and new genus, Euthamia, a Greek word referring to 
its clustered heads. The crushed leaves and flowers 
are fragrant. This, together with its flat top has often 
caused it to be mistaken for Tansy. Its slender, leafy, 
green stalk branches widely at the top. It is occasion- 
ally rough to the touch, and grows from two to four 
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