HARPER'S GUIDE TO WILD FLOWERS 



Ox-eye Daisy. White-weed (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum) . 



Page 144. A weed; found in all fields. 

 Common Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare). Page 234. Escaped from 



gardens, where it once was much cultivated for medicinal pur- 

 poses. 

 Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense). Page 367. 

 Bachelor's Button. Bluebottle (Centaurea Cyanus). Page 



368. An escape. 

 Salsify. Oyster-plant (Tragopogon porrifolius) . Page 296. An 



escape. 



I found a seemingly new species once in a walk along the 

 Pompton fields (New Jersey). It was a pretty crimson flower of 

 the Compositae, and as I could not find any mention of it in the 

 Manual (an old edition of Gray), I plumed myself on being a 

 discoverer, with all the pride of an amateur astronomer who 

 locates a new asteroid. 



My pretty flower was only an oyster-plant "escaped from 

 gardens." 



