WILD FLOWERS YELLOW AND ORANGH 
from Nova Scotia to Minnesota, Florida, Kansas and 
California, from June to September. 
MOTH MULLEIN 
Verbdscum Blattaria. Figwort Family. 
The Moth Mullein flashes its yellow or white 
search-lights this way and that, over the grassy seas 
of neglected pastures and fields, and along waysides, 
from June to November. They ‘are singularly at- 
tractive, these large, wheel-like flowers, as they open 
one or two at a time, and for a day only. The 
tall, slender, round, and often hairy stalk is usually 
single, and grows from two to six feet high. The 
large, oblong, or lance-shaped leaf has a very 
irregular, double- toothed margin, and is seldom 
present during the flowering period. It is thin, 
smooth, stoutly ribbed and prominently veined. 
The arrangement is frequent and _ alternating, 
and the upper ones are partly heart-shaped and 
clasping. The flowers, which are either white or 
yellow, resemble those of the Great Mullein in struc- 
ture. The white and yellow blossoms are borne on 
separate plants. They are lightly stained with purple. 
The five orange-tipped stamens are covered with 
fuzzy, purple hairs. The five-parted green calyx 
has slender, recurved tips. The flowers are set on 
short stems, and gathered in a very long, loose ter- 
minal spire. They are fragile, and easily drop from 
the calyx. The bud is flat and five-angled. This 
plant is said to be offensive to cockroaches. It is 
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