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Contributed by New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library.
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Sept 14. 1917
beginning to bloom.
On margin of pond Muddiness Iadeis
tassars? (Spianthus German) or
(Gyrostachys German). Very fragrant-
Bugle- Weed (Lycopus Virginicus) a
mint-like weed.
Climbing False Buckwheat-(Polygonum
or Fimigin Scandens.)
In the woods Long leaved wood aster,
(aster tenuifolius) or white wood aster,
(aster divaricatus)
New-England aster (Aster Novae Angliae)
Low-showy aster, Sea-Side purple aster
(aster Spectabilis) The latter with
very fine teeth on the leaves & the
sepals broader & drooping. Leaves of
the N. E. aster toothless & sepals thin
& not-drooping.
Cinquefoil aster (Aster [illegible])
Very Similar to A. tenuifolius or divaricatus.