Outdoor Visits  by Edith M. Patch

Don's Yellow Spring Flower

Nan said, "Don, last fall you visited goldenrod. What flower will you go to see this spring?"

"I shall try to visit a yellow flower, to-day," said Don.

Don went to the park to see his friend, Mr. Gray.

"Mr. Gray," he said, "have you any yellow spring flowers in the park?"

"We will go to the marsh and look," said Mr. Gray.

Don went with Mr. Gray to the marsh the other side of the pond. They found hundreds and hundreds of bright yellow flowers there.

The plants had their roots in the water. They held their stems up in the air.

The stems were hollow. Mr. Gray cut one stem to show Don.

"You may take this to Nan," said Mr. Gray. "We will leave all the others in the marsh. Then the place will be lovely for people to see."

Don looked at the sky and he looked at the marsh.

He said, "The sky is gray. There is no sunshine. But the marsh seems sunny."

"Yes," said Mr. Gray, "the sky is dull to-day but the marsh is bright with yellow flowers."

"They look like big buttercups," said Don. "What is their name?"

"These flowers have many names," said Mr. Gray. "But most people call them Marsh Marigolds.

"Buttercups and marsh marigolds belong to the same plant family."