Show A handsome travelers to the seacoast of southern nev jersey from philadelphia cannot have failed to notice the bright patches of orange colored flowers which so delight the eye as the train passes through the meadows it is the one of the milkweed family and one of the most easily transplanted plants there is it has fleshy roots which penetrate to a great depth making it suitable for rather dry places furthermore these roots when broken to pieces form new plants so that a large number of plants can easily be propagated the common name of this superb wild flower is butterfly weed among the beds of flowering plants exhibited at the centennial exhibition hibi tion thero was brought by a gardener from holland one composed of these plants and it excited as much attention as any bed there philadelphia press |