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Artemisia eaudata, Michx. 

 Along the shore. Common. Artemisia Canadensis, Michx., from 

 Plum Island, in Bigelow's Fl. Bost. 3d ed., 1840, is evidently this 

 species. 



Artemisia vulgaris, L. (Common Mugwort.) 

 Amesbury, Beverly, etc. Kot very common. 



Artemisia biennis, WilU. 



Spolien of by Gray as " rapidly extending eastward by railroad ;" 

 has appeared in the filled land by the N. Y. & N. E. R. R. freight 

 station in Boston (Sept., 1877), and probably is to be found else- 

 where in this vicinity. 



Artemisia Absinthium, L. (Common Wormwood.) 

 Salem, and a few other towns, escaped in fields. (Adv. from Eu.) 



Artemisia Stellerianum, Bess. (One of the Dusty Millers.) 

 Nahant Beach (1877) northern end, growing in sand, and (1880) 

 evidently increasing quite rapidly. (Adv. from Eu.) 



Gnaphalium deeurrens, Ives. (Everlasting.) 



Rare in Lynn (Tracy); Danvers (Peabody?) (Rev. J. L. Russell); 



Andover (Mrs. Downs). Scarce. 

 Gnaphalium polycephalum, Mickx. (Common Everlasting.) 



Fields. Common. 

 Gnaphalium idiginosum, L. (Low Cudweed.) 



Cart-paths and sterile fields. Very common. 



Antennaria margaritacea, B. Brown. (Pearly EviaiLiSTiNG.) 



Common in dry fields. 

 Antennaria plantaginifolia, Hook. 



One of our earliest flowers. Very Common. 



Ereehthites hieracifoUa, Baf. (Fireweed.) 

 On land recently burned over. Very commoH. 



Senecio vulgaris, L. (Common Groundsel.) 



A weed. (Nat. from Eu.) 

 Senecio aureus, L. (Golden Ragwort.) 



Swamps. Common. 

 Var. obovatus. 



Hillside at Boxford; Danvers, 1826 (Dr. Nichols.) 

 Var. Balsamitse. 



Ipswich (Oakes) ; Swampscott (G. D. Phippen), etc. Common. 



Centaurea Cyanus, L. (Bluebottle.) 

 Old gardens, Beverly (Frank Stone]), etc., escaping for a few years. 

 (Adv. from Eu.) 



