266 JOE PYE-WEED 



She says it was bitter and horrid to take and that 

 she is glad people no longer give it to children. 

 Tommy says Uncle Hiram takes it himself some- 

 times, and likes it better than lemonade. 



Milfoil, or Common Yarrow, that lives in the 

 meadow with Boneset, has also many little white 

 flowers growing in a large bunch at the top of its 

 stems. They are different from Boneset flowers 

 because they are made more like a Daisy, and have 

 both kinds of flowers in the heads; little square 

 ones that look like petals around the edge, and 

 other tiny ones the shape of tubes in the center. It 

 seems very wonderful that each of these tiny things 

 in the center is a real flower all by itself, and that 

 each of the five little white squares around the 

 center is also a true flower. Some time I am going 

 to put one of these flower-heads under Grand- 

 mother's magnifying glass, and then perhaps I 

 shall understand them better. 



The leaves of Milfoil are very different from 

 Boneset's. They grow one above the other on the 

 stem and are just as much divided into little parts 

 as the leaves of Fernleaf Foxglove. Milfoil looks 

 more pretty and delicate than Boneset, although 

 it is also very strong. 



Tommy says it has lived in many countries. It 

 grew in the fields and along the roads when 

 Achilles lived, and found out there was something 

 in it that would cure the wounds of his soldiers. 

 It is written in history besides that he used it for 



