WILD FLOWERS YELLOW AND ORANGE 
and open waste places, everywhere, from June to Sep- 
tember, throughout the United States and Canada, 
where it has become naturalized from Europe. 
FOUR-LEAVED, OR WHORLED LOOSESTRIFE. 
CROSSWORT 
Lysimachia quadrifolia. Primrose Family. 
Fairies’ Fountain would have been a more deserv- 
mg and appropriate name for this pretty floral cas- 
cade. During a shower this allusion becomes more 
real than fancied, as the attractive leaves are arranged 
in whorls or wheels, one above the other, at regular 
intervals along the slender, upright stalk, just like 
basins in a fountain, that catch the drip from tip to 
base. The trembling yellow flowers, which spring 
gracefully from the centre of the green leafy basins, 
are sprayed in every direction, and when the plant 
sways in the sunshine, they glitter and sparkle as they 
play over the curving leafy rims. The Four-leaved 
Loosestrife is found from June to August, in moist, 
open woodlands and thickets. The light green stalk 
is often faintly hairy, and grows from one to three feet 
in height. The toothless, yellow-green leaves are 
narrowly oblong, or lance-shaped, and are pointed at 
both ends. Their surface is obscurely covered with 
tiny, oblong black marks which follow the direction 
of the veinings. The midrib is noticeable and the 
texture is thin. They are arranged in circles of from 
three to seven, but commonly in fours, about the stalk; 
and as they approach the top they gradually diminish 
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