(Tomposite jfamtli?. 



Yarrow. Achillea Millefolium. 



Milfoil. 



Found from July to September, in dry fields and roadsides. 



The stalk, which is very erect in bearing, grows to be about 2 feet 

 high usually ; it is single, or branches near the top, and leafy ; of a 

 stout fibre difficult to pluck, round and grooved, and covered with 

 wool which causes the green color to look whitish. 



The leaf is long and narrow, deeply and finely cut into slender 

 line-like divisions, these being also cleft 3 or 5 times which gives it a 

 fringy appearance ; with a strong midrib, and covered with white wool 

 on the underside. The color is gray-green. It is clasping, and the 

 arrangement is alternate, and often crowded into little tufts along the 

 stems. 



The flower is very small ; pale brown, or bright cheese-colored 

 yellow ; crowded into a small thimble-topped head, and surrounded by 

 3 to 5 small, oblong, white rays, with finely notched tips. The head is 

 held in a deep, pale gi'een, or nearly white, cup, and set on a slender, 

 leafy, white, or pale green stem. The heads are arranged in terminal 

 clusters. 



Generally the flower-cluster is noticeably flat-topped, even the 

 small groups of the side branches strive to reach a uniform level with 

 the central cluster. A friar-like gravity of hue shows this plant to be 

 a typical New Englander, thriving with sturdy content on sterile soil, 

 and sending forth a wholesome aromatic odor. In certain localities the 

 rays are tinted pink, almost crimson. 



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