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Common Yarrow. 



Achillea 



Millefoliur/i, 



YarroAV is 

 the common- 

 est kind of 

 a common weed, whose gray- 

 white flower heads are utter- 

 ly unattractive even to those 

 who profess to be fond of 

 flowers. But, before passing 

 the weed in disdain, it will 

 be worth our while to pick a 

 small piece and place it under 

 the glass for closer inspec- 

 tion. Ah ! what a change ! 

 — the uninteresting weed at 

 once assumes an attractive 

 look. The little gray cen- 

 ters, which are called the 

 flower heads, are minutely 

 and perfectly formed, and are 

 as symmetrically arranged as 

 the markings on what we 

 call "brain coral." Around 

 these flower heads are four, 

 sometimes five, white rays. 

 There is a pretty pink vari- 

 ety of the yarrow, in which 

 these rays instead of being 



Yarrow. 



