WILD FLOWERS yellow and orange 



from the axils of the topmost leaves. The seed case 

 is strongly ribbed and winged. This plant is found 

 from June to August in dry, sandy soils from Nova 

 Scotia to Georgia, west to Minnesota and Louisiana. 

 During the winter and early spring, the beautiful 

 leaf clusters of the Primrose are remarkable for their 

 wonderful symmetric arrangement, and as William 

 Hamilton Gibson has said, "are a perfect pattern for 

 the modeller, the sculptor, decorator, or wood-car ver." 



EARLY, OR GOLDEN MEADOW PARSNIP. 

 GOLDEN ALEXANDERS 



Zizia aurea. Parsley Family. 



The flat-topped, yellow-flowered clusters of the 

 Early Meadow Parsnip sway just above the grassy 

 crests in fields and meadows, along roadside and 

 swamp land from April to June. It is one of the 

 earliest flowering of the Parsley Family. The hollow, 

 juicy, upright stalk, which grows from one to two 

 and a half feet in height, is smooth, sparingly 

 branched, and is finely grooved. It is often tinged 

 with red, and when bruised or broken emits an aro- 

 matic fragrance not unlike parsley or fresh varnish. 

 The leaves, which are sparingly intervalled, have two, 

 or usually three, lance-shaped leaflets with slender, 

 tapering tips and sharply toothed margins. They 

 are smooth-surfaced and thin-textured. The lower 

 leaves have long stems, while those of the upper ones 

 are flat and shorter. The tiny flower has five yellow 

 petals which are curved toward the prominent stamen. 



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