

PLANTS GROWING IN SANDY SOIL. 255 
A, spectabilis, low showy aster, is one of the prettiest of the 
aster family. It is not so tall as its proud relatives of the 
swamps ; but its ray-flowers are longer and of a violet purple 
that any monarch might envy. It is the beauty of the sandy 
soil all along the coast from New Hampshire to New Jersey 
and southward where it lifts its regal head until the frost-biting 
breath of winter causes it to languish. The leaves are long 
and pointed, 
A. multiflorus, white wreath aster, Plate CX XXIII, is the little 
white one that skips along the sandy soil with A. spectabilis. 
Its flower-heads are about one-half an inch in breadth, very nu- 
merous and very pretty. They have a crisp, pert expression that 
enlivens many a bunch of their more pretentious sisters. The 
upper leaves are linear with a broader clasping base. 
A, surculosus, creeping aster, and A. grdcilis, slender aster, are 
two violet species that are generally found from New Jersey 
southward. ‘The pappus of each of them is nearly white. 
SWEET GOLDEN-ROD. 
Solidago odora, 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Composite. Dull yellow. Leaves scented  Matne southward. Late summer and 
like anise. early autumn. 
The flowers of this golden-rod are not very attractive, but 
the leaves are well formed and shiny with smooth edges, 
They are known to yield a volatile oil. In the pine barrens of 
New Jersey and the sandy edges of thickets, the species is very 
common. S. juncea, page 136, Plate LXIX. 
S. tortifolia, twisted-leaf golden-rod, has a slender stem, with 
linear sessile leaves that are veined and have a distinct midrib. 
Their peculiarity is that they are so often twisted. It is found 
in sandy soil near the coast and mostly from Virginia to 
Florida. 
