YELLOW AND ORANGE WILD FLOWERS 



Frivolous damsels of the sixteenth century soaked 

 Tansy leaves in buttermilk for nine days, and used 

 the liquid for improving their complexions. Bunches 

 of Tansy are hung about the house, and its presence 

 is said to be very effectual in keeping flies out of the 

 rooms. Thoreau says that it was used in connection 

 with funerals. The round, smooth, upright stalk is 

 leafy, and branches at the top. It grows from one and 

 a half to three feet high, from a perennial root. The 

 strongly scented, curling, dark green leaves are very 

 deeply cleft into numerous narrow, lance-shaped sec- 

 tions, which are sharply cut and toothed. They are 

 bitter and aromatic. The flower head resembles 

 the yellow button or disc of a Daisy after the white 

 ray flowers have been removed. The numerous 

 tiny, yellow, tubular florets are tightly packed into a 

 small, flat head, which is slightly hollowed in the 

 centre. The heads are set into shallow, greenish 

 cups, on short stems, many of which are closely 

 grouped into several large, dense, terminal, flat- 

 topped clusters. Their odour is noticeable for a 

 considerable distance. Tansy came to us from 

 Europe and grows along road-sides from July to 

 September, where it has escaped from gardens. It 

 is found from North Carolina and Missouri to Canada. 



COLTSFOOT. COUQHWORT 



Tussilago Farfara. Thistle Family. 



This is the same Coltsfoot that our grandmothers 

 used to gather and dry and hang in the garret along 



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