YELLOW AND ORANGE WILD FLOWERS 
sparse thickets separating open woodland and fields. 
where the land was sloping and a little rocky. The 
three little leaflets of the compound leaf are shaped 
like the blades of miniature canoe paddles, with the 
rounding outer end indented or nicked. They are 
almost stemless, and as they ascend the lengthening 
stalk, they become a little larger and longer. They: 
are thin textured, and the smooth surface is finely: 
marked with feather veinings. Their margins are 
minutely scalloped by the tips of the veins, which 
extend to the edges and form tiny teeth. The slen-. 
der thread of a stem upon which they are set, is guarded 
at its base with a pair of narrow pointed, clasping 
wings that are united with the stem centrally for half 
their length. The pleasing golden yellow flowering 
head is oval or oblong, and is densely crowded with 
very small florets, arranged alternately like scales. 
They are set on little stems held in the axil of the leaf. 
The florets are delicately fluted with the finest imag-: 
inable feather veins, and they open circularly from the 
lower tier, upward. As they mature, they turn down- 
ward like those of the Hop Vine, and become dry 
and husky, and retain a light golden brown colouf. 
Several stalks spring from each root part, and they 
often form large, loose, widely spreading, brilliant 
green groups. Hop Clover is found from Nova 
Scotia to Virginia, west to western New York, Ontario, 
and Iowa, from May to September. The leaves of 
the Clovers have a family trait of drooping or clos- 
ing together at night, as if to “sleep.” The two 
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