^Cl)illca lilillcfolium. Natural Order: Compositcc— Aster Family. 



\STURES and old fields throughout the Northern States are 

 iht favorite haunts of the Yarrow. The stem is about a foot 

 hi_;h. The foliage is cut or parted into numerous divisions, 

 thereby giving it the name of Milfoil, from the Latin milk 

 ^5^ JoUa., signifying a thousand leaves. Achilles was said to 

 ^"'^ '-^ have discovered its medicinal properties while studying bot- 

 l an^ under Chiron the centaur, from which circumstance it has been 

 honored with his name. The flowers are white or rose-colored, and 

 bloom in flat-topped corymbs from June to autumn. The whole plant 

 has a pungent taste and aromatic odor. A. ptarmica (from the Greek 

 plairein, to sneeze), or Sneezewort, is another variety, run wild in 

 many places, but also sometimes cultivated in gardens. 



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T S death more cruel from a private 



Than in the field, from murdering swords of thousands? 

 Or does the number slain make slaughter glorious? 





-OUer. 



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wo troops in fair array one moment show'd, The steeds without their riders 



the field. 



The next, a field with fallen bodies sti-ow'd: 

 Not half the number in ther seats are found, 

 But men and steeds lie groveling on the ground 

 The points of spears are stuck within the shield. 



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The knights unhorsed, on foot renew the figlit; 

 The glittering falchions cast a gleaming light. 

 Hauberks and helms are hew'd with many a wound. 

 Out spins the streaming blood, and dyes the ground. 

 — Dryden. 

 WA.S blow for blow, disputing inch by inch, 

 For one would not retreat, nor t' other flinch. 



War, my lord, 

 Is of eternal use to human kind ; 

 For ever and anon, when you have pass'd 



A few dull years in peace and propagation. 

 The world is overstock 'd with fools, and we 

 A pestilence, at least, if not a hero. —j 



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E is unwise that to a market goes. 

 Where there is nothing to be sold but blows. 

 -AUyu 



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