. Familiar flowers of field and garden;. Botany. CHAPTEE XV. AUGUST TO NOVEMBER. Golden-rod and The name golden-rod con- jures up the thought of an immense family of flowers thirty odd members of which a person with a fair knowledge of botany may easily identify without searching through a wide tract of country, and possibly without wandering but a few yards beyond the highways of our Northeastern States. In a quarter-mile length of a road In Campton, N. H., I have s. arguta. found no less than fifteen varieties of the flower, " all well defined" (to quote the words of Coler
. Familiar flowers of field and garden;. Botany. CHAPTEE XV. AUGUST TO NOVEMBER. Golden-rod and The name golden-rod con- jures up the thought of an immense family of flowers thirty odd members of which a person with a fair knowledge of botany may easily identify without searching through a wide tract of country, and possibly without wandering but a few yards beyond the highways of our Northeastern States. In a quarter-mile length of a road In Campton, N. H., I have s. arguta. found no less than fifteen varieties of the flower, " all well defined" (to quote the words of Coleridge in reference to the smells of Cologne). But this is rather unusual, and a short exploration of a field, hillside, shady glen, and un- frequented wayside might result in as good if not a better " ; There are a few very common varie- ties of the golden-rod which may be recognized at- once by the following characteristics: 216. 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 Co
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