VELLQW 



SILVERY CINQUEFOIL. 



Potentilla argentea. Rose Family. 



Stems. — Ascending ; branched at the summit ; white ; woolly. Leaves. 

 — Divided into five wedge-oblong, deeply incised leaflets, which are green 

 above, white with silvery wool, beneath. Flowers. — Much as in above. 



The silvery cinquefoil has rather large yellow flowers, which 

 are found in dry fields throughout the summer as far south as 

 New Jersey. 



YELLOW AVENS. 



[PI. LXV- 

 Geum strictum. Rose Family. 



Somewhat hairy ; three to five feet high. Stem-leaves. — Divided into 

 from three to five leaflets. Flowers.— Go\dei\ yellow. Calyx. — Five-cleft ; 

 usually with a small bract between the divisions. Corolla. — Of five broad 

 petals. Stamens and Pistils. — Numerous; the latter enlarging finally into 

 a round, burr-like head. 



The bright flowers of the yellow avens are found in the 

 moist meadows during the summer, finally giving way to the 

 troublesome burrs which so often thrust upon us their unwelcome 

 companionship. 



BUSH-HONEYSUCKLE. 



Diervilla trifida. Honeysuckle Family. 



An upright shrub from one to four feet high. Leaves. — Opposite ; ob- 

 long; taper-pointed. Flowers. — Yellow, sometimes much tinged with red ; 

 clustered usually in threes in the axils of the upper leaves and at the sum- 

 mit of the stem. Calyx. — With slender awl-shaped lobes. Corolla. — Fun- 

 nel-form ; five-lobed ; the lower lobe larger than the others and of a deeper 

 yellow, with a small nectar-bearing gland at its base. Stajnens. — Five. 

 Pistil. — One. 



This pretty little shrub is found along our rocky hills and 

 mountains. The blossoms appear in early summer, and form a 

 good example of nectar-bearing flowers. The lower lobe of the 

 corolla is crested and more deeply colored than the others, thus 



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