WILD FLOWERS YELLOW AND ORANGE 



tions of the skin, when eaten in a fresh state. The 

 smooth, leafy stalk is branched and spreading, and 

 grows about six inches high. The thin Clover-like 

 leaf is composed of three short, broad heart-shaped 

 leaflets with their points united at the tip of their long, 

 slender stem. They are pale green in colour, and droop 

 and fold together at night. They are also very sen- 

 sitive, and close if roughly handled. The fragrant, 

 bright golden yellow flowers open in the sunlight, and 

 close at sundown. They are arranged : jn small 

 groups at the head of the stalk, and are set on 

 long stems that grow from the axils of the leaf 

 stems. The five, small spreading petals are very 

 thin, and are supported by a five-parted green calyx. 

 The Lady's Sorrel blossoms from April to October, 

 in woods and fields, or along roadsides and about 

 gardens everywhere. Naturalized from Europe. 



JEWEL=WEED. BALSAM. SNAPWEED. SPOTTED 

 TOUCH=ME=NOT. SILVER=LEAF 



Impatiens biflora. Touch-me-not Family. 



How in the world did they ever happen to call this 

 pretty twinkling cup of a flower Jewel- weed? Well, 

 just take a quiet snoop through any old family photo- 

 album, that used to serve as the chief implement 

 of torture to entertain "company" when our fathers 

 and mothers were boys and girls. Turn to Aunt or 

 Cousin So-and-So's likeness, any one of them, and 

 note the great dangling earrings and pendant necklace, 

 and you will soon grasp the suggestion that probably 



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