WILD FLOWERS yellow and orange 



tuberous roots, which they used for food. It is still 

 frequently raised for similar purposes. The roots are 

 tender and of fine flavour, and are eaten either raw, 

 or cooked. They also make a popular relish when 

 pickled. The tall, stout, leafy, hairy stalk grows 

 perennially from six to twelve feet high, and branches 

 at the top. The large, rather long-stemmed, triple- 

 ribbed, pointed-oblong leaves have toothed margins 

 and hairy surfaces. The upper ones are alternate, 

 and the lower ones are paired. The brilliant flower 

 heads are several or numerous, and are set in green, 

 leafy, half-round cups, and are composed of numer- 

 ous small, yellow, tubular disc flowers, fringed with 

 from ten to twenty long, flaring, rich, yellow rays. 

 Few or several flower heads are set on the tips of the 

 terminal branches. This species prefers moist soil, and 

 is found along fences, roadsides, and thickets during 

 September and October, and ranges from Georgia and 

 Arkansas to Canada. 



BEGGAR-TICKS. STICK-TIGHT. STICK-WEED. 



RAYLESS MARIGOLD. PITCH-FORKS. 



COMMON BUR MARIGOLD 



Bidens frondosa. Thistle Family. 

 Bidens means two teeth, and refers to the two 

 sharp prongs of the flat, brown seed of this species, 

 which attaches itself to everything in the line of cloth- 

 ing or wool that happens to brush against it. They 

 will not shake off, either, and their removal requires 

 the most patient and exacting effort, as anyone who 

 has roamed the fields in the fall can testify. The 



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