YELLOW AND ORANGE WILD FLOWERS 
nearly as long as the petals and is covered with 
fine, matted white hairs. The flowers are borne 
on short stems, in small, terminal groups.. It is found 
from May to September, in dry soil, from Nova Scotia 
to Ontario and Dakota, south to the District of Colum-. 
bia, Indiana, and Kansas. 
SHRUBBY CINQUEFOIL. PRAIRIE WEED 
Potentilla fruticdsa. Rose Family. 
This very leafy, much branched Cinquefoil grows. 
from six inches to four feet high, and, on account of 
its rapid and persistent growth, it has roused the ire 
of farmers, particularly in the New England States, 
where it has been severely condemned as a most 
troublesome weed. The tough, shreddy barked stem 
is stained with brown. The leaf has from five to seven 
narrow, oblong, silky-surfaced and crowded leaflets, 
and they approach nearer to the shape of the fingers 
than those of any of the other Cinquefoils. They 
are thick-textured, and the toothless edges are 
slightly curled under. They are whiter on the under 
side. The large,’ five-petalled, bright yellow 
flowers are densely grouped on-slender stems, in 
terminal, leafy flat - topped clusters, or sometimes 
they are solitary. The numerous stamens are 
tipped with darker coloured anthers. This plant 
is found from June to September in swamps. or 
moist, rocky places, in Labrador and Greenland, to 
Alaska, south to. New Jersey, Illinois, Minnesota, 
and in the Rocky Mountains to Arizona, where 
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