. Wild flower families; the haunts, characters, and family relationships of the herbaceous wild flowers, with suggestions for their identification. Botany. CROWFOOT FAMILY 35 landscape adorned with the brilHant blossoms of the Marsh Marigold. In the open fields the trail- ing water courses are marked by the masses of yellow flowers, while in the woods the marshy places show great vistas of them. In sunlight or in shadow the plant is equally beautiful, its golden bloom mingling with its yellow-green foliage and the lush vegetation of its water-loving neighbors. It gener- ally grows in standing
. Wild flower families; the haunts, characters, and family relationships of the herbaceous wild flowers, with suggestions for their identification. Botany. CROWFOOT FAMILY 35 landscape adorned with the brilHant blossoms of the Marsh Marigold. In the open fields the trail- ing water courses are marked by the masses of yellow flowers, while in the woods the marshy places show great vistas of them. In sunlight or in shadow the plant is equally beautiful, its golden bloom mingling with its yellow-green foliage and the lush vegetation of its water-loving neighbors. It gener- ally grows in standing or in slowly running water, the large flow- ers being held above the surface by the hol- low, furrowed stems, which also bear the broad, smooth, round or kidney-s h a p e d leaves. The blossoms ex- pand an inch and a half and consist of from five to nine petaloid sepals with numerous stamens and five to ten pistils. Both stamens and pistils mature about the same time, but the outer rows of the former shed their pollen before the inner rows. The flowers are freely visited by bright- colored flies, called Syrphus flies, that are abun- dant in swampy places, these flies being attracted. MARSH MARIGOLD. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Weed, Clarence Moores, 1864-1947. Philadelphia & London, J. B. Lippincott Company
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