172 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN. 



associated in my mind with the latter sweet-smelling 

 vine, whose perfume is like sweet alyssum. But the 

 flower of the jewel- weed is scentless, and is only 

 pretty in color, which is a spotty orange-yellow ; it 

 is so like the garden balsam that one is not surprised 

 to learn that it is closely related to this favorite 

 flower of our grandmothers' gardens. The variety 

 called /. fulva is common South, and has deeper- 

 colored flowers. Both varieties bloom all through 

 the summer. 



