YELLOW AND ORANGE WILD FLOWERS 
roadways from Quebec to Georgia, Minnesota, and 
the Indian Territory, from April to August. Potentilla 
is derived from potens meaning powerful, and alludes 
to the medical properties attributed to some of the 
members of this group. . 
TALL HAIRY AGRIMONY 
Agrimonia gryposépala. Rose Family. 
“How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood, 
When fond recollection presents them to view.” 
Agrimony? Yes, that’s one of the herbs our grand- 
mothers gathered every fall, and which held a prom- 
inent place in both the pantry and medicine closet 
in every old homestead. The farm hands used it for 
healing cuts and bruises, and it was also utilized as 
an additional flavouring for tea, for which it was even 
substituted. The Common Agrimony of Europe 
was a much overrated cure-all, and it is not unlikely 
that many of its popular virtues have been applied 
to our Agrimony, which, however, is quite a distinct 
plant. The hairy green stalk grows about three or 
four feet high. The large, spreading, compound leaf 
has usually five to seven thin, hairy and toothed leaflets.” 
They are many veined, elliptical, or broadly oblong 
in shape, and are alternated upon their long clasp- 
ing stems, with rudimentary leaflets. The small 
flower has five yellow petals and many orange-tipped. 
stamens. They are densely arranged in a long, 
slender, curving terminal spike. The leaf, when 
crushed, emits a spicy odour. Agrimony is a common 
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