Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-08-15
Flower Friends
OF the Wayside
Dear Posies Of wayside and Pond Which
New Greet Us.

over one finds the dainty orange
yellow jewel weed dmpatients
biflora). II has lot of names be-
sides, including spotted touch-me-
not, silver cap, wild balsam,
lady's eardrops, snap weed and
wild lady's slipper. It's delicate
Tovate leaves are broadly toothed,
and the snap weed refers TO the
spasmodie manner in which II
expels its seeds, its five valves
opening elastically. 1t is at its
best in the early morning or
after a shower when sparkling
drops add to the beauty of its
silvery leaves and its orange-gold
blossoms. The leaves have the
quality of a nasturtium in she'd
ding water. 1t hangs its lovely
horns of plenty for the express
benefit of the exquisite ruby
throlted humming bird, whose
bill and tonnage reach the we'll
secreted nectary with ease.
The Dainty Daisy.
How many who admire expanses
Of white daisies know they be-
long to the thistle family? Yet TO
botanists the daisy is known as
the chrysanthemum feucanthe-
mum. Who can see daisy with
out thinking of Marguerite, who,
in her love test, pulls the whita
ray florets one by one, until only
the yellow disk florets remain.
Let us hope her answer is sat
isfactory. English poetry is full
e of daisies, but not our pictur-
] esqua posy; rather is it the
j real double, low-growing daisy
: days eye which opens in the
morning and closes at nightfall
j. Also a member of the thistle
: family is the black-eyed Susan OF
If ox-eye daisy (rudbeckia hirtal
stunning summer flower which
: is a native of clover fields. |
has not only come to the Atlantic
it has been invited across L
european SdEueuS'
Lily Loneliness.
= Ponds everywhere are beauti
: fled by the deliciously scente
- water lily, which is rightly style
the queen of native aquatic
There is no reason why we shout
y not enjoy this cousin Of the g
s. gantic Brazilian Victoria Regid
our very gardens, since it wi
ID, thrive in tue, barrel or fountai
he The Red Lobelia
IS Altogether gorgeous are eS
81 panses of the cardinal floW'
- aooel.a cariinalsJ, The riC
VS. yerniui0n blossoms grow rath'
an oue-sidedly on erect racemes al
pc as rule there's much great
a. show of blossoms than
~. foliage Any time in July, Augu
ell or September one is likely to con
&c upon these incomparabIy br
py liant wild flowers Its exte
He minattou is bound to come, b
ted cause it is impossible for mo
She people to resist picking it. I
she great blue lobelia is the car
-ce. inal flowers twin sister. Ii
led the Jewel weed, the splendid car
inal flower has devoted a
frs. mrer in the humming bird.
,us Wild Columbine.
by From April and through il
,rIy the piquant columbine
beautified rich woodlands a
ght rocky places. Though lesser
lem size than cultivated varieti
son there's a charm all its own abb
.n't the elf-like wild type Pendi
the above its foliage the lovely C
sing umbine sports red frock 9
I'm yellow petticoats. The bumbIe-
,ad. knows good thing and when
sights one of these inver
- blossoms he promptly app
- himself to slipping its swe
- hanging upside down meanti
- This member of the crow-f
-. . family (aquilegia canaden
- spreads its beauty all over
= : country as far west as the Rock
ay So these self-supporting arr
)PHy Of lovely little wildings c.
and 60, perfect in organism,
mis-. az prophetic Of harvest as {
cor are radoleut with #fulfillment