YELLOW AND ORANGE WILD FLOWERS 



England to North Carolina and westward to Texas 

 and Manitoba. The dark green, long-stemmed leaves 

 are deeply lobed with three, four, or five divisions. 

 This is one of the very first of the Buttercups to blos- 

 som in the spring time. 



SWAMP, OR MARSH BUTTERCUP 



Ranunculus septentrionalis. Crowfoot Family. 



This is the second Buttercup to blossom in the spring, 

 and follows closely upon the Bulbous. It is tall and 

 branching, sometimes reclining and taking root at the 

 joints. It grows from one to three feet high, and the 

 thick, hollow stem is generally smooth and finely 

 grooved. It is found in low, swampy, or moist, shady 

 places, from New Brunswick and Manitoba, south to 

 Georgia and Kentucky, from April to July. The 

 mottled leaves are large and thrice divided, with the 

 divisions again cleft into three much-notched and 

 pointed lobes. They are set on long foot stems. The 

 flower is an inch broad, and the petals do not over- 

 lap like those of the Tall Crowfoot. 



HISPID BUTTERCUP 



Ranunculus hispidus. Crowfoot Family. 



The earliest flowering Buttercup in the vicinity of 

 New York. Its young leaves are very hairy. The 

 stems are sometimes spreading, and together with 

 their bright yellow flowers, this species is generally 

 larger, but fewer leaved than the Bristly Crowfoot. 

 The thin leaves are divided three, four, or five times, 



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