96 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN. 



about the middle of June. Its aromatic seeds are 

 used plentifully to flavor the 

 familiar New York New- 

 Years cake. 

 Wild Meadow The wild mead- 

 Parsnip, ow parsnip is 



Zizia aurea. , 



not as common 

 as caraway, but it will be a 

 familiar object to many who 

 pass through the cultivated 

 fields of New England in 

 May or June. The fine flow- 

 ers, similar in appearance to 

 the caraway, are pale golden 

 yellow, and the leaves are 

 twice compound. The stem 

 of the plant is grooved, and 

 the leaves, toothed at the 

 edges, are dark green. The 

 common wild parsnip [Pasti- 

 naca sativd) has similar flow- 

 ers, but the stem is heavier 

 and deeper grooved, and its 

 leaves are simply compound. 

 Bush-Honeysuckle. The bush-hon- 

 Wild Meadow Parsnip. DUnulla tnfid'i- CySUcklc will 



be found beside the road and in the hedges, where 



