80 COMMON YARROW, OR MILFOIL. 



We have three wild species of Yarrow. The 

 Woolly Milfoil {AcMIlcea tomentosa) is a small 

 plant, with bright yellow flowers ; it grows on 

 dry hilly pastures in Scotland. This, how- 

 ever, is not a common plant ; but the Sneeze- 

 wort YarroAv {AcJiillcsa Ptarmicd) is very fre- 

 quent on moist meadows and pastures, especi- 

 ally in mountain districts. It flowers during 

 July and August, and is about two or three 

 feet high, with much larger blossoms than 

 those of the species figured here. They have 

 a white disk as well as wdiite rays. This plant 

 when dried and pulverised excites sneezing. 

 The Laplanders call it Goose-tongue, and its 

 young spring shoots are sometimes eaten as 

 salad. The mountaineers of the Alps make 

 vinegar of a dwarf species of Yarrow, common 

 there, and its flavour is so good, that it is said 

 to be equal to that made of the Tarragon, 

 which is a species of wormwood. 



