YELLOW AND ORANGE WILD FLOWERS 



even cultivated it. The fuzzy shoots are cut when a 

 few inches long, and are boiled and eaten after the 

 manner of asparagus. It has also long been used in 

 domestic practice, where it has served in cases of dis- 

 ordered digestion, and afflictions of the lungs; to 

 relieve pains in the chest, and to assist in producing 

 perspiration and easier breathing. The root is col- 

 lected annually in the fall, and sold to druggists. 

 The stout, roughish-hairy, purple-stained stalk, which 

 is very leafy, grows from one to two feet high, and 

 branches only to accommodate the flowers. It lacks 

 the abundant supply of milky juice so common in 

 other Milkweeds. The alternating leaves are oblong 

 or lance-shaped, taper to a rather blunt point, and 

 narrow into a rounded or heart-shaped base where 

 they clasp the stalk, or are set on short stems. The 

 midrib is prominent, and the margin is toothless. The 

 numerous small and long, bright orange or rarely yellow 

 flowers are set on slender, light green stems, arranged 

 in one or several loose, flat-topped, terminal clusters, 

 or umbels. The seed pods are more 'slender than those 

 of the common Milkweed, and only one or two are 

 produced at a time. They have a curiously kinked 

 stem. This Milkweed is found from Maine and 

 Ontario to Minnesota, Florida, Texas, and Arizona. 



CITRONELLA. STONE-ROOT. HORSE-BALM 



Collinsonia canadensis. Mint Family. 

 This strong-scented, aromatic, perennial grows in 

 rich, moist woods, and bears lemon-scented, light 



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