The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-24

ms further north, and Is found by
thousands along miles OF prairie
from Iowa 10 Texas. Like all the
earliest flowers, II has an under
ground store OF food, in this case
solid bulb, or CORN, which enables
the rapid growth OF the blossom be-
fore tho leaves have unfolded to
their work OF manufacturing nour-
ishment. Tho plant has but a sin
gle bloom on solitary scapo and
tho foliage consists of two lonG
leaves one considerably larger than
the other. Since the blossom comes
heforey the bravest insect has ven
tured forth, II has need OF neither
color nor odor to attract visitors to
blossoms.
Their Cool March Days.
First OF the harbingers OF spring
western erythronium has deserted
In the middle west, the white ad-
dcr's tongue, or dog tooth violet as
II IL usually called, lifts it's lily like
blossoms from the prairie sod into
the chill air OF early March. This
ing itself and the shatply recarved
1t is helped by the wild March
winds. However II believes in help
help In cross fertilization. In this
OF all this bowildering host OF gay
stem turns the flower upside down
SO that the pollen easily falls upon
the stigma Propa cation OF this
prolific plant is further accom-
pllshed by new Corms growing from
the base of the old one after the
fashion OF the lilv family generally,
for erythronium IL a true lily In
spite OF It's popular name. A char
act teristiC OF the genus is tho ONE
lcaYed flowerless plants that follow
upon the heels of the Towering
ones. Botansts were at a loss to eN-
plain this state OF affairs until II
was discovered that they were young
plants obliged to grow seven years
before blossoming, and then as in
the case Of other explained mys-
tcries. there was nothing strange
about e..
Another early spring flower is
the red bud which is found in the
edge OF timber on n smaR tree,
CCerCis Canadensis.) our American
ccrcis Is OF the same species az the
European Judas tree, so called be1
cause according to an eastern le-
gend, Judas lscariot hanged him
self upon IL aud II has been blush e
ing over since. II is widely scat
tered, growing from New Jersey 20
Florida and from Minnesota TO
Texas.
Kids Cali II "Shecp Sour"
The dainty. rose colored flowers
OF the violet wood -sorrel come early
in May and last well into June. Like
all spring blooming plants, II Ia a
perennial In this case springing
from scaly bulb. The name. Vlo-
lot wood -sorrol, Is a misnomer, for
the color OF the blossoms is any
thing but violet. The early botan-
lists, being men, were careless OF
shades OF pink and called them all
violet. While sorrels generally,
(oNalls) seem to prefer the woods.
this one tlourlshcs by the thousand
on tho opeu prairics Of the middle
west, The violet wood-sorrel is 4
sturdy little plant despite its deli
cate beauty, ranging through a great
variety OF climate and soil. IL is
found from New England to the
Rocky mountains and from Florida
to New Mexico; also II liz reported
trom the Bolivian Andes. The oxal-
ic acid in the Juice gives the leaves
a pleasantly acid taste from whence
the Greek name meaning sour. Chill
dren eat the leaves, calling them
sheep sour, And before orchards had
time TO grow, pioneers wives made
sorrel pie, dish somewhat re-
sembling rhubarb pie. The leaves