YELLOW AND ORANGE WILD FLOWERS 
tall, annual, erect, very leafy stalk grows from two to 
nine or ten feet high, and branches in pairs. It is 
usually smooth and hollow, and often stained with 
purple. The thin, sharply toothed, slender-stemmed 
leaves are divided into three or five lance-shaped parts 
which are tapered toward the apex and narrowed at 
the base. They are set on short, ribbed stems, that 
unite with the stalk in pairs with a noticeable clasping 
joint, from the axils of which spring the curving 
flower stems. The very small, ragged, rayless, brist- 
ling flower heads are homely and unattractive. The 
two or three dull yellow ray flowers are very incon- 
spicuous, if any, and the brownish yellow tubular 
florets of the central head are tightly packed together. 
The head is surrounded with several narrow leafy 
bracts of various lengths, and several heads are clus- 
tered in a loose terminal group. Beggar-ticks are 
exceedingly common, and aside from their affectionate 
stickers, they are an uninteresting plant. They are 
found everywhere in moist places, and along road- 
sides and railroad ditches, from July to October, and 
range from Nova Scotia to Florida, British Colum- 
bia, Nebraska, and Texas. 
SNEEZEWEED. SWAMP SUNFLOWER. 
YELLOW STAR. OX-=EYE 
Helénium autumndle. Thistle Family. 
During September the bright yellow blossoms of 
the Sneezeweed illuminate the low meadows and 
swamps from one end of the country to the other. The 
stout, branching stalk rises from two to six feet in 
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