Composite Jfamil^. 



Joe Pye Weed. Eupatorium pn/i'pureum. 



Trumpet Weed. 



Found in moist grounds, ditches, and meadows, during August 

 and September. 



The erect, single, and leafy stalk varies from 4 to 8, or even some- 

 times 9, feet in height ; it is large, and stout, and roughish to the touch. 

 The color is a dull pinkish-purple. 



The leaf is large, and oblong, tapering at both ends, the tip 

 becoming a long slender point ; the margin is notched, the ribs form a 

 stout netted framework, the texture is coarse, and the surface is rough- 

 ened. The leaves are set on very short stems, and arranged in whorls, 

 of 3 to 6, about the stalk, at regular intervals. In color they are a 

 strong vigorous green, the ribs often tinged with purplish-jDink. 



The small tubular flowers, and projecting thread-like pistils, ai'e, in 

 color, a light pinky purple ; they are grouped in small heads, whose 

 cups, and short foot-stems, are of the same color. The heads are 

 arranged in thickly branching, large, more or less flat-topped, terminal 

 clusters. 



Joe Pye is a striking plant, of vigorous growth, whose large whorls 

 of leaves are full of sweeping curves. Out of the sunlight and close at 

 hand the flowers seem a little dingy in color, but by the wayside it is 

 pleasing in tone. Why " Joe Pye " ? 



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