COMPOSITE FAMILY. Composite. 



The commonest of all common weeds of 



the fldd a " d wavside ' often called Farm ' 

 mum Leucan- er ' s Curse, yet a prime favorite with chil- 

 themum dren and artists! The flower's form is a 



White summum bonum of simplicity and decora- 



s un f~ tive beauty. The orange-yellow disc, de- 



pressed in the centre, is formed of perfect 

 flowers ; the white rays are pistillate. The dark green 

 leaves are ornamentally lobed. 15-25 inches high. The 

 name, from the Greek, means golden flower. 



A tall, branching species commonly cul- 

 tivated > witn small daisylike flowers in 

 generous clusters ; the stem smooth, the 

 thenium ornamental leaves broad and deeply lobed. 



White Flowers small, with large yellow discs of 



September P erfect florets. 1-2 feet high. Natural- 

 ized from Europe, and mostly an escape 

 from gardens. Mass, to N. J. , and west to Wis. 

 Tang A common weed naturalized from Eu- 



Tan*Jcetum r P e generally an escape from gardens 

 vulgare belonging to old dwellings. The flatly 



Orange-yellow clustered dull orange-yellow flower-heads 

 resemble those of the daisy minus the 

 white rays ; inner florets perfect and mar- 

 ginal ones pistillate. The compound, deep green leaves, 

 ornamentally toothed and cut, are strongly aromatic. 

 18-30 inches high. Me., south to N. Car., west to S. Dak. 

 A seaside weed with inconspicuous, tiny, 

 Wormwood green-yellow flowers in long slender clus- 

 Artemisia ters, the little flower-heads mostly nod- 

 caudata ding; the marginal florets pistillate, the 



Green-yellow cen t ra l ones perfect. The bitter-tasting, 

 long, linear, deeply cut leaves with thread- 

 like divisions. 2-5 feet high. Me., south, west to Neb. 

 A familiar, uninteresting weed natural- 

 Mugwort j ze( j f rom Europe, found in all waste places 



Artemisia -, 3 , mi 



vulqaris or near ^ houses. The smooth green 



leaves deeply cut, and with lobes coarsely 

 toothed at the tips. The inconspicuous green-yellow 

 flowers erect, not nodding, in a simple, leafy spike. 1-3 

 feet high. Me., south to N. J. and Pa., west to Mich. 



