WILD FLOWERS YELLOW AND ORANGE 
ridged on the back. The seed pods are curved and 
spreading, and not erect and straight, like those of 
its pink sister. Corydalis is from an ancient Greek 
word, Korydalos, a lark, and alludes to the spur of the 
flower as resembling that of the lark. It is found 
from March to May. 
WHITE MUSTARD 
Brassica alba. Mustard F amily. 
The light brown seeds of the White Mustard are 
extensively used like those of the Black Mustard, but 
they are not so pungent, and are often mixed with 
them, on account of their milder nature. The plant 
is quite similar in many respects. It is covered, 
more or less, with stiff, spreading hairs, and grows 
only one or two feet high. The large, yellow 
flowers are nearly twice the size of the Black 
species, and the stems are rather stout and spread- 
ing. The circular, bristly seed pods are somewhat 
spreading, with a long, flat beak, and are narrowed 
between the seeds. The White Mustard ranges 
about the same as the Black Mustard. 
CHARLOCK. WILD MUSTARD. FIELD KALE 
Brassica arvénsis. Mustard Family. 
This common and annoying plant was introduced 
into this country from Europe, and is becoming widely 
, distributed as a weed in grain fields and waste 
margins about cultivated lands, where progressive 
farmers attack it with an everlasting determination to 
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