The small leaf is rounded at the tip, has an entire margin, and a smooth upper surface; beneath, the edges and midrib are set with prickles. The leaves grow in whorls of 4 or 6, close upon the stalk, at regular intervals. The color is a pretty yellow-green. The minute white corolla is 4-pointed, or occasionally 3-pointed, with the same number of stamens; the calyx is green, and the foot-stems are very small. The flowers grow in branching clusters from the whorls of leaves. Though a pretty plant growing, it is not a pickable one, as its weak stems get themselves inextricably entangled and caught on their own armor. [Illustration: SMALL BEDSTRAW: Galium asprellum.] COMPOSITE FAMILY. COMPOSITÆ. *Plantain-leaved Everlasting.* _Antennaria plantaginifolia._ *Spring Everlasting.* *Pussy-toes.* Found in light soil, meadows, and uplands, in April and May. The short, leafy stalk, covered with a silvery wool, runs on the ground, and is from 3 to 10 inches in height. Pale green in color. The small, broad-oval leaf is rounded at the tip, 3-ribbed, of a tough fibre, and, when young, covered with a silky white wool. It is set on a short, margined stem. In color, light grayish-green. The flowers are gathered in small heads,--the stamen-bearing and pistil-bearing flowers growing on different plants. The pistil-bearing heads are like little bundles of silky threads, silvery white; the stamen-bearing heads are more rounded in shape, and of a creamy-white color, the tawny stamens being tipped with orange. The heads are set in pale green, urn-shaped, small cups, on short foot-stems, forming a little group on the top of the flower-stem. Spring Everlasting spreads rapidly by runners sent out from the main plant, and its grave prettiness does not save it from being considered a troublesome pest by the farmer looking for good grass pasturage for his herd. [Illustration: PLANTAIN-LEAVED EVERLASTING: Antennaria plantaginifolia.] *Dandelion.* _Taraxacum officinale._ Found, during April and May, in every sunny meadow, lawn, and grassy road. The leaves, and the flowers on stems which vary from 3 or 4 to 12 inches in height, rise from the root. The long and narrow leaf is often and irregularly cut, the notches generally pointing backwards, and the margin is also sharply toothed; the texture is close, the surface is smooth, and the midrib is wide; the edge is wavy. In color, grass green, the midrib pale. Many leaves grow in a rosette-like cluster from the root,--the flower buds held in the center. The small “strap-shaped” flowers, with their notched ends, are gathered in overlapping rows, to form a large circular head; in color they are a brilliant orange-yellow, the central flowers deeper in tint. The head is confined in a cup of many narrow, dark green, leafy bracts, and set on long, smooth, elastic stems, which are hollow, and juicy with a bitter-flavored milk.