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Purple Cudweed 



G. purpureum. — Color of flowers white, but the involucre of 

 bracts underneath is purplish, more prominent than the disk 

 flowers. Flowers grow in a terminal, often interrupted, more 

 or less leafy spike. Stem, wand-like, simple, stiff and erect, 

 covered with a dense wool. Leaves, narrow above, pointed, 

 clustered at the base where they are broader, narrowed into 

 petioles. Whole plant woolly with white down. 



Dry, sandy soil of wide distribution along the Eastern 

 coast. 6 to 20 inches high. 



Galinsoga 



Galinsbga. parviflbra. — Family, Composite. Color of ray flow- 

 ers white, of disk yellow. Flowers, small, terminating the 

 branches and in the axils. Leaves, thin, ovate, toothed, with 

 petioles. June to November. 



A weed found plentifully in the back yards of city and 

 country homes. Also in waste places everywhere. It is 

 weak-stemmed, inclined to be procumbent, from a few 

 inches to 2 feet in height. The pappus is of fringed or 

 bristle-tipped scales. Smooth and odorless. 



Yarrow. Milfoil 



Achillea millefolium — (Named after Achilles, who is said to have 

 discovered its healing qualities) . Family, Composite. Color, white, 

 sometimes with a pink tinge. Leaves, twice pinnately divided 

 into sections which are 3 to 5-cleft. Rays of flower, 5 to 10. The 

 small flowers grow in flat, stiff, hard corymbs, 3 or 4 inches across. 

 The stems are simple, stout, covered with the dissected, tansy- 

 like leaves. Not unpleasantly scented. August. 



A discouraging weed, which, once introduced into a lawn, 

 is almost impossible to eradicate. Yarrow tea has had a 

 reputation in many countries among some people for medici- 

 nal virtues. 



May-weed. Dog Fennel 



Anthemis Cotula. — Family, Composite. Color, white rays and 

 yellow disks. Both ray and disk flowers present. This is the 

 maruta of older editions, a common, daisy-like plant found on 

 sandy roads and places. It has an evil smell of camomile min- 

 gled with tansy. Leaves, thrice-dissected into very fine segments. 

 No pappus. Summer. 



Plant small, generally seen along roadsides covered with 

 dust. 



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