AUGUST TO NOVEMBER. 



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S. arguta 

 is perhaps 

 the earhest 

 golden-rod, 

 and will be found 

 sometimes in full 

 bloom in the mid- 

 dle of July. Its 

 sharply toothed leaf is feather- 

 veined — that is, the veins spring 

 outward from each side of the 

 middle rib, just as the smaller di- 

 visions of a feather spring from its 

 quill. The main stem is smooth. 

 The slender flower stems, bearing 

 greenish -yellow (in efl^ect) flowers, 

 spread widely apart and droop. 



8. juncea is a smooth-stemmed 

 variety, from one to three feet high, 

 with narrow, elliptical, sharply toothed 

 leaves. Its flowers have from eight 

 to twelve tiny, light yellow rays. It 

 is very common, and immediately suc- 

 ceeds 8. arguta, but it has smaller and 

 lighter colored flowers. 



8. ulmifolia: similar to 8. rugosa 

 (once called 8. altissima). Gray says, 



