YELLOW AND ORANGE WILD FLOWERS 



patches along streams and in swamps, and flowering 

 from May to July. The flower stem resembles the 

 leaves, but is larger, and from one side, near the 

 middle, it sends out a thick, fleshy, tapering spike, 

 which is densely crowded with minute, greenish 

 yellow florets. This spike is tender and edible when 

 about half developed. The root which has a strong, 

 aromatic fragrance, is used by country people when 

 dried or candied, as a remedy for dyspepsia, and as a 

 stimulant and tonic for feeble digestion. Calamus 

 appears to have been known to the ancient Babylonians, 

 and also by the Greeks. It is used in India to some 

 extent, and the powdered root is an esteemed insecticide 

 in Ceylon and India. It also produces a volatile oil 

 that is largely used in perfumery. Calamus can 

 always be identified by the fragrance emitted by the 

 roots, and for edible purposes similar roots should 

 be avoided. The interior of the stalk is sweet. It 

 ranges from Nova Scotia to Ontario and Minnesota, 

 south to Kansas and the Gulf of Mexico. Also in 

 Europe and Asia. This species grows from two 

 to six feet high. 



PERFOLIATE BELLWORT. STRAW BELL 



Uvularia perfoliata. Lily Family. 



The inconspicuous, straw-coloured, bell-shaped 

 flowers of the graceful Bellwort, blossom during May 

 and June in rich, moist woods and thickets. The 

 slender, pale green stalk grows from six to twenty 

 inches high, from a perennial rootstock, and is smooth 



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