2i6 WILD FLOWER FAMILIES 



often also called Succory, and, as is well known, 

 its roots are commonly used as a substitute for 

 coffee, sometimes legitimately but more often as 

 an unlawful adulterant. The species grows along 

 fences and highways, coming into bloom about 

 midsummer and remaining in blossom until 

 frost. 



TANSY. The rich, aromatic smell of the Tansy 

 is familiar to everyone who has wandered along 

 country lanes in summer. Starting perhaps from 

 an old garden where it was planted early in our 

 colonial history, the species has found its way in 

 waste places along fields and roadsides. The 

 small yellow flowers are so massed in heads as to 

 become decidedly conspicuous. This leads to the 

 visits of many short-tongued insects, although to 

 most people there is little temptation to gather 

 these blossoms for close inspection by sight or 

 smell. Fortunately, children no longer have 

 reason to hate the sight of the plant, as they did 

 in former times when Tansy tea was commonly 

 used as a medicine. 



YARROW. The Yarrow is another plant that 

 seems to follow civilized man wherever he may 

 go. As it grows by our waysides it seems to have 

 comparatively little interest for us, but neverthe- 

 less it has been associated with human history 

 to a remarkable extent. In former times it was 

 also largely used as a medicine. 



