PLANTS GROWING IN MUD. 77 
ASHY MILKWEED. (Pilate XXX/I/,) 
Asclepias cinérea. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Milkweed. Purple without, ash Scentless. Florida to South July, August. 
coloured within. Carolina. 
Flowers : small; growingin umbels. (See 4. zzcarnata, page 76.) Leaves: 
opposite; lanceolate, or linear narrowing into a petiole. Svem: one to two 
feet high ; erect; slender ; somewhat pubescent. 
This lovely species of milkweed is found mostly in wet 
barrens. It is one of our shy and well-bred weeds which must 
look with disdain upon the bad manners of the numerous 
European plants that have made their homes in this country. 
GOLDEN-ROD. 
Solidago uligsnosa is a golden-rod that we find in the peat 
bogs. It is one of the earliest of the genus to come into bloom, 
often budding out in July. The small flowers are closely 
crowded in long, narrow panicles ; and the leaves are lanceolate 
and pointed. Those of the root sometimes grow to a great 
length. 
S. pdtula, rough-leaved or spreading golden-rod, is a swamp 
species that has flower-heads growing in short racemes, The 
long leaves are noticeable from their very rough upper surface 
and being smooth on the under side. 
S. juncea, page 136, Plate LXIX. 
SWAMP ASTERS. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Composite. Purple, blue or white. Scentless. General. Late summer andearly autuntn. 
Flower-heads : composed of tubular and ligulate flowers; or ray and Cisk 
flowers, The rays purple, blue or white and the disks yellow. 
NEW ENGLAND ASTERS. 
Aster Nove-Anglie. 
The rich soil of the swamps and low grounds can boast as 
lovely members of the aster family as any field, or roadside 
