YELLOW AND ORANGE WILD FLOWERS 



roadways from Quebec to Georgia, Minnesota, and 

 the Indian Territory, from April to August. Potentilla 

 is derived from potens meaning powerful, and alludes 

 to the medical properties attributed to some of the 

 members of this group. 



TALL HAIRY AGRIMONY 



Agrimonia gryposepala. Rose Family. 



" How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood, 

 When fond recollection presents them to view." 



Agrimony ? Yes, that's one of the herbs our grand- 

 mothers gathered every fall, and which held a prom- 

 inent place in both the pantry and medicine closet 

 in every old homestead. The farm hands used it for 

 healing cuts and bruises, and it was also utilized as 

 an additional flavouring for tea, for which it was even 

 substituted. The Common Agrimony of Europe 

 was a much overrated cure-all, and it is not unlikely 

 that many of its popular virtues have been applied 

 to our Agrimony, which, however, is quite a distinct 

 plant. The hairy green stalk grows about three or 

 four feet high. The large, spreading, compound leaf 

 has usually five to seven thin, hairy and toothed leaflets. 

 They are many veined, elliptical, or broadly oblong 

 in shape, and are alternated upon their long clasp- 

 ing stems, with rudimentary leaflets. The small 

 flower has five yellow petals and many orange-tipped 

 stamens. They are densely arranged in a long, 

 slender, curving terminal spike. The leaf, when 

 crushed, emits a spicy odour. Agrimony is a common 



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