WILD FLOWERS yellow and orange 



ling nozzle of a watering pot. It is held erect, and 

 its surface is indented with little pockets containing 

 the small, round, nut-like seeds. The root tubers 

 and seeds are edible. This plant is especially com/- 

 mon in the Central States, near the Great Lakes. 



THE BUTTERCUPS 



Ranunculaceae. Crowfoot Family. 



Show me a man who, when a boy, did not hold a 

 Buttercup under his own or another's chin that he 

 might, by the reflection of its brilliant yellow cup, 

 determine to what degree his subject "liked butter/* 

 and I will show you a man who has not experienced 

 a full share of the joyous thrills of a genuine, glorious 

 childhood. The custom is an old and popular one, 

 and comes of a 



" Knowledge never learned of schools 

 Of the wild bee's morning chase, 

 Of the wild flower's time and place." 



The month of June finds the Buttercups at their best, 

 and in the greatest profusion of bloom. The snappy, 

 yellow cups fairly scintillate with the sun's radiance, 

 and as the breezes tilt them, its golden glory is flashed 

 and re-flashed with dazzling brightness, lending a 

 charm and cheerfulness to the grassy fields and road- 

 sides where they sparkle, that defies description. 

 You have probably noticed in pasture lands, when the 

 grass is smooth and closely cropped by grazing cattle, 

 that it was dotted here and there with small tufts 

 of tall grass and foliage from which spread the 



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