THE EOSY YAEEOW. 



Achillea asplenifolia. 



O liken a flower to a gem or 

 jewel of any kind is probably un- 

 fair, but the temptation is often 

 too great to be resisted. The 

 forget-me-not suggests the tur- 

 quoise, the pimpernel may be 

 likened to a coral, and the lovely 

 flower before us is like a ruby, if it 

 is like anything save its own sweet 

 self. When a tuft of this yarrow 

 is in full bloom there will not be 

 found in the garden, however rich 

 it may be, a flower of any kind 

 that can surpass it in beauty, 

 although many make more show 



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admiration. It is well to bear in 

 mind that this is a distinct species 

 of yarrow, because it is commonly classed as a variety of 

 the British Achillea millefolium, which in all its states 

 and stages is unworthy of attention as a decorative garden 

 plant; whereas the rosy-flowered or asplenium-leaved 

 yarrow is at once a different plant, and far more beautiful 

 both in leaf and flower. 



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