WILD FLOWERS yellow and orange 



ridged on the back. The seed pods are curved and 

 spreading, and not erect and straight, like those of 

 its pink sister. Corydalis is from an ancient Greek 

 word, Korydalos, a lark, and alludes to the spur of the 

 flower as resembling that of the lark. It is found 

 from March to May. 



WHITE MUSTARD 



Brassica alba. Mustard Family. 



The light brown seeds of the White Mustard are 

 extensively used like those of the Black Mustard, but 

 they are not so pungent, and are often mixed with 

 them, on account of their milder nature. The plant 

 is quite similar in many respects. It is covered, 

 more or less, with stiff, spreading hairs, and grows 

 only one or two feet high. The large, yellow 

 flowers are nearly twice the size of the Black 

 species, and the stems are rather stout and spread- 

 ing. The circular, bristly seed pods are somewhat 

 spreading, with a long, flat beak, and are narrowed 

 between the seeds. The White Mustard ranges 

 about the same as the Black Mustard. 



CHARLOCK. WILD MUSTARD. FIELD KALE 



Brassica arvensis. Mustard Family. 



This common and annoying plant was introduced 

 into this country from Europe, and is becoming wicjely 

 distributed as a weed in grain fields and waste 

 margins about cultivated lands, where progressive 

 farmers attack it with an everlasting determination to 



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