YELLOW AND ORANGE WILD FLOWERS 



feet high. The long and very narrow grass-like 

 leaves taper toward either end, and their margins 

 are entire, but very rough. They are very small, 

 and thin-textured, grayish-green in colour, and show 

 three or five ribs. The flowers are very small and are 

 closely grouped in small, round clusters at the tips of 

 the projecting, wiry branches, which are so graduated 

 in length as to form a flat-topped, flowering head. 

 The whole top is very free and open, and has a neat, 

 trim appearance. The flowers are light coloured, 

 and have from twelve to twenty very short ray flowers, 

 This plant is found in moist soil in fields and along 

 roadsides, from July to October. It ranges from 

 New Brunswick to the Northwest Territory, south to 

 Florida, Nebraska, and Missouri. 



ELECAMPANE. HORSEHEAL. YELLOW 

 STARWORT 



Inula Helenium. Thistle Family. 



Hippocrates, the Greek physician, known as the 

 "Father of Medicine," over two thousand years ago, 

 considered this plant important as a brain and stomach 

 stimulant, and it has been used ever since for various 

 ailments. The country housewife has great faith in 

 its virtues, and her Elecampane tea is still used 

 for coughs and colds, and as a general tonic. It has 

 also been used as an antiseptic in surgery. Farmers 

 use the large, mucilaginous roots to advantage in 

 treating sick horses. The stout, usually unbranched, 

 leafy stalk grows from two to six feet in height. The 



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