PINK WILD FLOWERS 



Polygala is the Greek word for much milk, and cattle 

 feeding upon the plants were formerly supposed 

 to yield larger quantities of this commodity. This 

 Milkwort is found in fields and meadows from 

 New England south to North Carolina, and west 

 to Minnesota, Arkansas, and Louisiana, from June 

 to September. 



LOW, DWARF OR RUNNING MALLOW. 

 CHEESE FLOWER 



Malva rotund if oil a. Mallow Family. 



Common everywhere about dooryards from May 

 to November. The flowers resemble in miniature the 

 Hollyhocks of our gardens to which they are related. 

 Children greatly relish the edible seeds or " cheeses, " 

 as they fondly call them because of their shape. The 

 roots and seeds contain a soothing mucilage, which is 

 used in compounding medicines as a non-irritant. 

 The flowers yield a blue colouring matter which serves 

 as a test of acids and alkalies, being reddened by the 

 former, and rendered green by the latter. The weak, 

 slender, spreading stalk branches at its base and is 

 deeply rooted. The dark green leaves are rounding 

 heart-shaped. They are scalloped with five or more 

 shallow lobes which have finely toothed margins. 

 They are slightly fluted by the radiating ribs, and are 

 set on long, rough stems. The small, flaring, bell- 

 shaped flowers are clustered close to the stalk on short 

 stems springing from the angles of the leaves. The 

 five oval petals are notched at their tips, and are tinted 



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