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qualities are more appreciated in Europe, 
where growers always keep the roots in 
stock. 
We have several blooming plants of 
butterfly weed in our own garden, one 
that came up of its own accord, and others 
that have been transplanted from the 
fields. One is a thick bush measuring a 
yard across and about two feet high. The 
past season it bore eighteen flower heads, 
six to eight inches across. These began to 
bloom the second week in July and con¬ 
tinued in flower for almost two months. 
The young shoots must be carefully 
watched for in the spring, as they are 
very late to appear above ground, coming 
long after many plants are up and growing. 
Last summer we undertook to remove the 
entire root of a young butterfly weed 
growing on a nearby hillside. When the 
plant was finally taken up it measured 
thirty-seven inches from the tip of the 
root to its lowest leaves. At the same 
rate, what would be the size of an old, 
well-established root? More than one of 
the plants that we have moved have been 
firmly anchored to a rock. This fact 
gives us a hint to set them out where the 
roots can lay hold of some crevice in the 
rocks. ' 
We have picked from our plants several 
brown, velvet pods, each containing many 
dozen of the silk-winged seeds. Some of 
these were planted in the fall, others are 
to be saved for spring planting, and next 
season we intend to do our part to make 
this beautiful plant more common. It is 
more generally seen in the South, but here 
in the Northern States it is almost a rarity. 
The name is supposed to have come 
from one of two characteristics of the 
plant, either the attraction it has for but¬ 
terflies or the fact that the shape of the 
spray somewhat resembles a butterfly with 
spread wings. We have observed several 
butterflies hovering over the flowers at a 
time. One lazy fellow we caught with a 
camera. He was so intent on his business 
with the flowers that he did not notice 
when we shoved him into a better position 
to have his picture taken. Butterfly weed 
is known by other names, one of which 
is pleurisy root, the root being used in 
medicine. It is called, also, orange root 
and orange milkweed. The relationship 
to the milkweed family is shown in the 
shape of the individual flower, the seed 
pod, and in other ways, but it lacks the 
milky juice so noticeable in some of its 
relatives. So ornamental a plant could be 
excused from contributing to the necessi¬ 
ties of life, but, beside its medicinal use, 
the butterfly weed, both flower and pod, 
was used in foods by the Indians. 
One of the show pieces at a recent ex¬ 
position was a bed of these brilliant 
flowers which had been imported from 
Europe. Surely it is time that we em¬ 
phasize the fact that our own gardens can 
supply this flower in sufficient numbers so 
that it will not be necessary to bring it 
across the ocean. — I. M. A. 
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