. Flower guide [microform] : wild flowers east of the Rockies. Flowers; Fleurs; Botanique; Botany. Tex-' {llclUinthiis decnpctalmis). This is a slender sU'iiiiiipd, grafeful. slidwy-lloweml Sun- flower, common in iliinii) woods and on tlie borders of thickets, from Quebec and .Minn, southwards. Tlie branchin}; steAi {.-rows from 2 to 5 fet tall; it is slightly hairy-rou};h on tlie upper portions but smooth below. The'leaves are thin, rather rouffh-liroad lance-shaped, short-stemmed anil fjrow oppositidy on the stem; they are all sharplv saw-toothed. Tlie showy liowers,
. Flower guide [microform] : wild flowers east of the Rockies. Flowers; Fleurs; Botanique; Botany. Tex-' {llclUinthiis decnpctalmis). This is a slender sU'iiiiiipd, grafeful. slidwy-lloweml Sun- flower, common in iliinii) woods and on tlie borders of thickets, from Quebec and .Minn, southwards. Tlie branchin}; steAi {.-rows from 2 to 5 fet tall; it is slightly hairy-rou};h on tlie upper portions but smooth below. The'leaves are thin, rather rouffh-liroad lance-shaped, short-stemmed anil fjrow oppositidy on the stem; they are all sharplv saw-toothed. Tlie showy liowers, grow- ing on slender" peduncles from thi^ ends of tlie branches, are 2 to S inclies across. Tliough often with ten rays, they just as frequently have any number from 8 to 15. Common iHcIiaiithun anmius) is the com- mon garden sunlli-wer that often has such enormous heiids. The normal, wild plant is comm<m from Minn, to Texas and westward. The flower heads range from three to six inches in diameter; it is only the cultivated variety, produced from this, that has the mammoth heads we oft<'n see. In its wild state the plant grows from three to si feet tall. Their period of bloom is from July until Sept. 194. 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 Reed, Chester A. (Chester Albert), 1876-1912. Toronto : Musson
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