WILD FLOWERS YELLOW AND ORANGE 
are two reddish dots. The flowers are gathered on 
short, hairlike stems, in a long, terminal spike, and 
open gradually as they ascend the stalk. Long ago, 
so it is said, sprays of Loosestrife were placed on the 
yoke of unruly oxen, with the belief that it would 
quiet and pacify them. This species ranges from 
Georgia and Arkansas, northward into Canada. 
BUTTERFLY-WEED. PLEURISY=ROOT. 
WIND-ROOT. ORANGE-ROOT 
Asclépias tuberdsa, Milkweed Family. 
A vivid, penetrating flash of brightest glowing 
orange suddenly greets us as we cross the grassy fields 
during July, and we stop immediately to express 
our admiration for this most stunning and handsome 
of the Milkweeds. It is always so refreshing and 
invigorating, that we never seem to tire of its presence. 
It is a lively bloomer from June to September, and 
loves the surroundings of dry fields and pastures 
where it abounds, to the everlasting joy of hosts of 
butterflies and flying insects that are invariably asso- 
ciated with it. Surely, it should have been called the 
Butterflies’ Mecca! This magnificent herb has sev- 
eral medicinal virtues attributed to it. It was held in 
high esteem by the Indians, who extracted a crude, 
sugar-like substance from the flowers. Its roots sup- 
plied their medicine man with material to allay various 
physical ailments, and their squaws used the young 
green pods extensively for food, cooking them in a sort 
of meat stew. The Delaware Indians are said to have 
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