YELLOW 



finger-like than those of the common cinquefoil. It is not a 

 common plant in most localities, but is very abundant among 

 the Berkshire Hills. 



SILVERY CINQUEFOIL. 



Potentilla argentea. Rose Family. 



Stems. Ascending, branched at the summit, white, woolly. Leaves. 

 Divided into five wedge-oblong, deeply incised leaflets, which are green 

 above, white with silvery wool, beneath. 



The silvery cinquefoil has rather large yellow flowers which 

 are found in dry fields throughout the summer as far south as 

 New Jersey. 



GOLDEN RAGWORT. SQUAW-WEED. 



Senecio aureus. Composite Family (p. 13). 



Stem. One to three feet high. Root-leaves. Rounded, the larger ones 

 mostly heart-shaped, toothed, and long-stalked. Stem-leaves. The lower 

 lyre-shaped, the upper lance-shaped, incised, set close to the stem. Flower- 

 heads. Yellow, clustered, composed of both ray and disk-flowers. 



A child would perhaps liken the flower of the golden ragwort 

 to a yellow daisy. Stain yellow the white rays of the daisy, di- 

 minish the size of the whole head somewhat, and you have a pretty 

 good likeness of the ragwort. There need be little difficulty in 

 the identification of this plant although there are several marked 

 varieties for its flowers are abundant in the early year, at which 

 season but few members of the Composite family are abroad. 



The generic name is from senex an old man alluding to 

 the silky down of the seeds, which is supposed to suggest the sil- 

 very hairs of age. 



Closely allied to the golden ragwort is the common ground- 

 sel, S. vulgaris, which is given as food to caged birds. The 

 flower-heads of this species are without rays. 



Clintonia borealis. Lily Family. 



Scape. Five to eight inches high, sheathed at its base by the stalks of 

 two to four large, oblong, conspicuous leaves. Flowers. Greenish-yellow, 

 rather large, rarely solitary. Perianth. Of six sepals. Stamens. Six, 

 protruding. Pistil. One, protruding. Frttit. A blue berry. 



When rambling through the cool, moist woods our attention 

 is often attracted by patches of great dark, shining, leaves ; and 



