. Wild flowers every child should know : arranged according to color with reliable descriptions of the more common species of the United States and Canada . -sota southward. SEASIDE, OR SALT MARSH GOLDEN=ROD Solidago sempervirens. Thistle Family. This tall and lovely maritime species skirts theAtlantic Coast from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to Floridaand Mexico. It is also found in Bermuda. FromAugust to December it flourishes wherever sandy soiland brackish waters abound, illuminating the saltmarshes, sea-beaches and rocky shores near the seaor along tidal waters adjacent thereto, with the bril-
. Wild flowers every child should know : arranged according to color with reliable descriptions of the more common species of the United States and Canada . -sota southward. SEASIDE, OR SALT MARSH GOLDEN=ROD Solidago sempervirens. Thistle Family. This tall and lovely maritime species skirts theAtlantic Coast from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to Floridaand Mexico. It is also found in Bermuda. FromAugust to December it flourishes wherever sandy soiland brackish waters abound, illuminating the saltmarshes, sea-beaches and rocky shores near the seaor along tidal waters adjacent thereto, with the bril-liance of its rich, golden yellow torch. It is easilydistinguished by its smooth, stout, usually single stalk,which rises from two to eight feet in height, and alsoby its thick, fleshy, smooth-edged, slightly clasping,lance-shaped, bright green leaves, showing from twoto five lateral veins. The basal leaves are oblong andpaddle-shaped, and taper into long stems. The 176 ^ HlPKiN y mS^B^^ w *\jtffe ^< r^ ^ ^# ^ ^IP i ^y^ ^% . ^M^ f i^ \ ^^ ^^.^hShH^^^k / i ii .^^^BW VKk^ --^l-^nur- ^ / ? FOUR-LEAVED, or WHORLED LOOSESTRIFE. Lysimachia quadrifolia. BUTTERFLY-WEED. Afclepias tuberosa WILD FLOWERS yellow and orange flowers are rather large, and have from seven to tenrays. They are thickly grouped on short, spreading,recurved stems, many of which form a large, showy,terminal, leafy plume. This charming species inspiredCelia Thaxter, who wrote: Graceful, tossing plumes of glowing gold,Waving lonely on the rocky ledge;Leaning seaward, lovely to behold, Clinging to the high cliffs ragged edge. EARLY, PLUME OR SHARP=TOOTHED GOLDEN-ROD. YELLOW=TOP Solidago juncea. Thistle Family. This species is one of the earliest and latest, as wellas one of the handsomest and commonest of its smooth, round, rather stout, rigid and light greenstalk rises to an average of two feet in height. Nearthe top it branches into numerous long, slender, droop-ing extensions, along the upper side of w
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