Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-20

tiful kinds at the east The uncouplimsp- tsry description refers to the plant only. The golden plume which 1t 6Kurts, often est takes the fat form with all the flowers facing upward, SO that if is almost 6 tolid macs of glorious color. It is seldom seen over two feet high. This, together with the fact that it often appears EtpRiy, instead of In the heavy clunps against which the farmer wagen such hearty WAT, prevents 1t from sharing the fate of Euoh clumps in being mown to the ground. It much affects the ro&dsides, growing close up to the wheel trseks and its especially brilliant coloripg makes 1t a most bssutIfuI object to the eyes of the wAysids trsyelers IL is also sn unusually desirable sort for personRl decoration. The leaves have the FpstulAts shAps, while the margins are en- tire. The pele down which gives the dus- ty appearance, covers the entire plant. Smaller leaves fascicled or burehed in the sxils of the stem leaves gre also & ounEpIc- uOus feature of this variety.
 One of our most common kinds, one whose beauty Is in inverse proportion to its distribution, but which shows the CO., Tymbous habit of growth In inforeHnenoe unmistsbsbly is $. lRnceolRte. Another species very similar is s. tenuifolia, which differs from it chiefly by being smooth of stem with oDe-veined narrow linear leaves and smaller coTymb, often of but s few heads. The latter was found in Lone Is- land, and ii frsqusnts the coast meadows from Massachusetts to L0ulsisnA, and is found also in Wisconsin. The ler6l-topped coEymb and the numerous narrow leaves render these two nearly related sorts rery easy 10 make out.
 A showy species that is 6 terror 10 farm e's and An obj. ct of dIgust to embryo bo- tanists until they learn to distinguish its myriad forms al sight. is s. AltIssina The name is misleading At the outset, the plant rarely reaching height of more than four feet In ordinary boils. The branches may be widely spreRa, or the rsverse: the heads may be fsw and scattered or very thickly set, and the psnscle varies through about every term known 10 the genus soli6heo. The golden rod season is & long one, ex- tending al the north from July through OctCbsr- One or tEo varieties have July and August for their season, many othsrs September and October. but this one cov- CTS the whole season from August to the late trOsts, often branching from the roots where moWn. and blooming on stalks one foot high. The leaves are always rough and vsiny, and usuAlly much wrinklsd: in- deed, one author gives it the Fpeoisc name of rusoss, descriptive of this wrinklipg The beginner Is sure to be deceived by this species. many times, into thinking be has found A distinct sort: but st the east, no matter how various may be all other char scteristics. a specimen with rough, hairy stem much -wrinkled leRres. strongly fehfh- er-veined, and having terminal pspIcles of one sided rsoemes, is cure 10 trace to s. al tissims. The variety also has many small leaves upon the branches as En almost in variable characteristic, as we'll ss longer ones thickly clothing the main stem. IL IE common in helds, hedges and undisturbed borders throughout Canada and the United States and is far less interesting than most of the varieties