YELLOW AND YELLOWISH FLOWERS 
Swamp Golden-rod {SoUdago neglecta). Composite family. 
August, September. 
A species growing in wet ground, with maximum height of 
four feet, with smooth stem and lance-shaped leaves, the 
lower very long, sharply toothed, and with stalks; the upper 
shorter and less toothed. The flower-heads average five or 
six rays. 
Seaside Golden-rod (SoUdago sempervirens) . Composite 
family. August to November. ■ 
A species found near salt water, sometimes reaching eight 
feet, generally very much lower, with stout, smooth stem and 
showy plume. The flower-heads are large, with eight or ten 
rays. The leaves are thickly set, lance-shaped, without teeth, 
the lower sometimes a foot long, with stalks. 
Gray Golden-rod {SoUdago nemoraUs). Composite family. 
July to November. 
A low golden-rod, very noticeable, in the open fields and by 
roadsides of late summer, for its showy one-sided plume in con- 
trast with its stunted growth. The stem is grayish and minutely 
hairy. The leaves are broadly lance-shaped, the lower with 
long stalks, all rough and rigid, imparting a wiry feel. 
Canadian Golden-rod {SoUdago canadensis). Composite 
family. July to September. 
A common species, three to six feet high, with hairy stem. The 
flower-heads are small, in curving, one-sided, long racemes, 
forming a terminal panicle. The leaves are lance-shaped, 
sharply toothed, without stalks, rough, three-veined. Fields 
everywhere. 
58 
