PINK WILD FLOWERS 
Polygala is the Greek word for much milk, and cattle 
feeding upon the plants were formerly supposed 
to yield larger quantities of this commodity. This 
Milkwort is found in fields and meadows from 
New England south to North Carolina, and west 
to Minnesota, Arkansas, and Louisiana, from June 
to September. 
LOW, DWARF OR RUNNING MALLOW. 
CHEESE FLOWER 
Malva rotundifolia. Mallow Family. 
Common everywhere about dooryards from May 
to November. The flowers resemble in miniature the 
Hollyhocks of our gardens to which they are related. 
~ Children greatly relish the edible seeds or “cheeses,” 
as they fondly call them because of their shape. The 
roots and seeds contain a soothing mucilage, which is 
used in compounding medicines as a non-irritant. 
The flowers yield a blue colouring matter which serves 
as a test of acids and alkalies, being reddened by the 
former, and rendered green by the latter. The weak, 
slender, spreading stalk branches at its base and is 
deeply rooted. The dark green leaves are rounding’ | 
heart-shaped. They are scalloped with five or more 
shallow lobes which have finely toothed margins, 
They are slightly fluted by the radiating ribs, and are 
set on long, rough stems. The small, flaring, bell- 
shaped flowers are clustered close to the stalk on short 
stems springing from the angles of the leaves. The 
five oval petals are notched at their tips, and are tinted 
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