WILD FLOWERS YELLOW AND ORANGE 
large, curving, alternating leaf is broadly oblong and 
pointed. It is rough above and downy beneath; 
finely toothed, strongly ribbed, thick-textured, and 
clasps the stalk, often with a pair of flaring lobes. 
The larger, lower leaves taper toward either end, and 
are set on slender stems. The solitary, large, yellow 
flower heads are set on the top of stout, terminal, 
single leafed stems, and are supported with a small, 
single leaf, which is set close to their shallow green 
cups. The numerous tubular florets are set in a large, 
flat disc, and are surrounded with a fringe of many 
long, narrow, curving spreading rays. Elecampane 
is found along roadsides, fence rows, and in fields, 
from July to September, from Nova Scotia, Ontario, 
and Minnesota, south to North Carolina and Missouri. 
BLACK-EYED-SUSAN. YELLOW DAISY. NIGGER= 
HEAD. GOLDEN JERUSALEM. CORNFLOWER 
Rudbéckia hirta. Thistle Family 
The lively orange and black heads of these thrifty, 
conspicuous flowers seem to accelerate the grandeur 
of our fields and meadows from May to September, 
where they flaunt their Princeton colours with a vigour 
that the farmer beholds with contempt, because he 
cannot capitalize their beauty along with his hay: 
The slender, hairy stems are tough, usually unbranched, 
sparingly leaved, and grow from one to three feet high. 
Often several stems occur in a tuft. The long, nar- 
row, pointed leaves have a rough,, hairy surface, and 
partly clasp the stem. They have a strong midrib, 
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