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THE AMERICAN BOTANIST 



wherever cutting by the current is in progress, are ornamented 

 by a broad border of the gra3^-green leaves. The fields through 

 which the streams flow are either cultivated or pastured, and 

 the mulleins apparently find it hard to maintain an existence in 



The long roots of the mullein rapidly penetrate the soil and hold the plant 

 secure against floods. 



them. Along the streams, however, there is practically nothing 

 to dispute their supremacy. The illustration shows two views 

 along Hickor}^ creek near Xew Lenox where the plants are 

 especially numerous. 



