CHAPTER IV. 



MAY AND JUNE. 

 HobMs Plantain to Cranberry. 



Eobin's Plantain. The robill's 

 Srigeron bdUdifoUus. plantain is a 



deceptive-looking character ; it 

 is easily mistaken for an aster. 

 The yellow center, the blue- 

 purple rays, and the size and 

 shape of the flowers remind 

 one of the autumn flower which 

 has prematurely come into 

 bloom. Of course, it is a near 

 relative of the aster, but its ap- 

 pearance is marked by a great 

 many differences. It grows 

 about a foot high ; sometimes 

 less, sometimes more. The 

 large leaves I have drawn at 

 the foot of the plant frequent- 

 ly lie prone on the ground. 



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Bobin's FlaQtaio. 



