COMPOSITE FAMILY 217 
Bongset. The Boneset is to be found during 
the weeks of late summer in low, wet meadows 
and along the borders of marshes. It may be 
recognized by its composite clusters of white flow- 
ers and its opposite leaves joined together at their | 
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JOE-PYE WEED 
bases, with the stem of the plant rising from the 
middle. In earlier years Boneset tea was largely 
used as a medicine and Boneset taffy was a home- 
made candy used as a cough cure. 
Jore-Pye Weep. During the latter part of 
summer the pinkish flower-heads of the Joe-Pye 
