WILD FLOWERS yellow and orange 



height. The firm, pointed, oblong or lance-shaped 

 bright green leaves are sharply toothed and alter- 

 nating. They possess a bitter taste, and when dried 

 and powdered into snuff, produce violent sneezing. 

 The foliage is believed to impart a bitter taste to milk, 

 when cows forage upon it. The numerous large 

 flower heads are borne on long stems in loose, spread- 

 ing, rather flat- topped, terminal clusters. From ten 

 to eighteen spreading and drooping ray florets, with 

 three cleft tips surround the yellow or yellow-brown 

 globular disk of tubular florets. The Swamp Sun- 

 flower is found from Quebec to Florida, and west to 

 the Northwest Territory and Arizona, and blooms 

 from August to October. 



TANSY. BITTER BUTTONS. HINDHEEL. 

 GINGER-PLANT 



Tanacetum vulgare. Thistle Family. 



Tansy was one of the good old "standbys" of our 

 grandmothers' time, and was relied upon to cure any- 

 thing and everything in the way of bodily ills that 

 happened to disturb any member of the household, 

 down on the farm. It was also one of the favourite 

 plants in the flower beds that used to decorate the 

 grass plots about our dear old homesteads. Its dried 

 leaves were formerly used for flavouring or season- 

 ing various dishes, particularly puddings and omelets. 

 Tansy tea was also in great favour as a domestic tonic 

 and stimulant, and is still used for various ailments of 

 the stomach and liver. It is also used locally for 

 relieving pain in muscular rheumatism and bruises. 



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