WOOD-SORREL FAMILY 



often continues well into October. The plant is every- 

 where, always coming up in flower-beds. The branch- 

 ing stem frequently gets more than a foot high, is 

 leafy, and the foliage a pleasant acid to the taste. 



Yellow Wood-Sorrel. Oxalis strlda 



The leaf is compounded of three broad, heart-shaped 

 leaflets with their points united at the tip of the slender 

 leaf-stem. These droop and fold together at night or 

 when it rains. The bright golden flowers rise with 

 the sun and set with it. They are happy only in sun- 

 shine. The plant is variable. 



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