WILD FLOWERS YELLOW AND ORANGE 
tions of the skin, when eaten in a fresh state. The 
smooth, leafy stalk is branched and spreading, and 
grows about six inches high. The thin Clover-like 
leaf is composed of three short, broad heart-shaped 
leaflets with their points united at the tip of their long, 
slender stem. They are pale green in colour, and droop 
and fold together at night. They are also very sen- 
sitive, and close if roughly handled. ‘The fragrant, 
bright golden yellow flowers open in the sunlight, and 
close at sundown. They are arranged in small 
groups at the head of the stalk, and are set on 
long stems that grow from the axils of the leaf 
stems. The five, small spreading petals are very 
thin, and are supported by a five-parted green calyx. 
The Lady’s Sorrel blossoms from April to October, 
in woods and fields, or along roadsides and about 
gardens everywhere. Naturalized from Europe. 
JEWEL-WEED. BALSAM. SNAPWEED. SPOTTED 
TOUCH-ME-NOT. SILVER-LEAF 
Impatiens biflora. Touch-me-not Family. 
How in the world did they ever happen to call this 
pretty twinkling cup of a flower Jewel-weed? Well, 
just take a quiet snoop through any old family photo- 
album, that used to serve as the chief implement 
of torture to entertain “company” when our fathers 
and mothers were boys and girls. Turn to Aunt or 
Cousin So-and-So’s likeness, any one of them, and 
note the great dangling earrings and pendant necklace, 
and you will soon grasp the suggestion that probably 
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