Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

The untrammeled heads of a species of panicum puts a creamy haze over the field. In a flat open space, I come upon great quantities of a peculiar plant, a member of the mint family, which I discovered from their rich spicy odor. They stand about eighteen inches high, and have the appearance of lance-leaved golden rod, except for the bunches of flowers, which are whitish green. The leaved is lanced shaped. The flowers are like the mints, white speckled finely with red violet dots.(HT)To the south and east are