. Familiar features of the roadside; the flowers, shrubs, birds, and insects. Natural history. 198 FAMILIAR FEATURES OF THE ROADSIDE. four points of the compass in as many acrobatic leaps. We now come to tlie tallest member of the Com- posite family, the ragweed {Ambrosia trifida), which grows from four to twelve and occa- ^ sionally eighteen feet high. This ex- traordinary plant is commonly found in waste places. Its tall, straight stem with large, deeply three-lobed leaves and terminal stalks of green- ish flowers is one of the most striking things of the highway bor- der. In the fall, if a
. Familiar features of the roadside; the flowers, shrubs, birds, and insects. Natural history. 198 FAMILIAR FEATURES OF THE ROADSIDE. four points of the compass in as many acrobatic leaps. We now come to tlie tallest member of the Com- posite family, the ragweed {Ambrosia trifida), which grows from four to twelve and occa- ^ sionally eighteen feet high. This ex- traordinary plant is commonly found in waste places. Its tall, straight stem with large, deeply three-lobed leaves and terminal stalks of green- ish flowers is one of the most striking things of the highway bor- der. In the fall, if a dried dead stalk is broken, we will find it contains an unsubstantial white pith with a sheen like frostwork. The tall and slender but stout-stemmed ragweed when growing in damp, rich soil, often shoots beyond the twelve- foot mark. I have found one speci- men which measured over thirteen feet, and William Hamilton Gibson records one that measured eighteen feet four inches. Black-eyed Susan {Rudbekia hirtd) is the next flower which engages our attention ; its deep golden, orange-yel-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938. New York, D. Appleton and Company
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