WORMWOOD. 
ARTEMISIA,. 
rder —POLYGAMIA XQUALIS 
Class 19.—sSYNGENESIA. 
— wh gy 
ditaiiase, is pro se derived from ARTEMIS 
ay ha ave re equi 
votaries, the che ewing of this bitter herb, as a" preparation r 
sacrificing to her divinity, as did Apollo, of the priestesses 
i i leb 1 pl f Delphos, the chewing 
of laurel leaves. 
S genus 0 a includes wormwood, southernwood, mug- 
etc. The common wo THO wood, A. pana eatin grows wild 
io Viet 
ge 
is not easy to stings it from 4. Abrotanu = souther 
both having a pale hoary green foliage, — indeterminate 
rer nay nchin, ag out into many small shoo! ponies spikes of 
od Sosa ira downward. All oe. species Fan an 
nerid bitter tas’ 
YAREOW. 
ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM. 
ommon yarrow, A. Miilefolium, is mixed instead ri 
tae in their rale, by the inhabitants of Dalekarlia, in ep 
pus ip esteemed a troublesome and noxious weed in 
= white flowers nev <r pape our fields, 
t well be spare ed by the lovers o ers. Their 
at co 
3 pty forming 
5 
nament for a lady’s hair. 
ZINNIA. 
Class 19.—syNGENESIA. Order.—POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 
. Ord. Linn. 
Zinnia, named by Linneus, in honor of Dr. John G. Zinn, 
professor of physic and botany at Gottinge n, etc. 
Th ecies se Zinnia, native of warm climates ; ;. 
he co d 
Rays, “apap orange or bri aches color. The 
each © a hollow, d Zeply furrowed, ‘terminal yet ee one 
h thi radually 
swelling apwarda. The disk is conical and edie, nose of 
~~ h or taw gata NL nied by P bir 
* ackiSh, scales of the receptacle ; the r this 
ound flower, consists of. 4 en ou mgeahdl brea, "elliptical, 
Class 19.—s¥NGENESIA. Order.—PpoLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA 
Nat. Ord. Linn. Nat. Ord. Juss. 
COMPOSIT.® DISCOIDE®. CORYMBIFERE. 
Milfoil, so called from Achilles o is supposed to 
so: his Sa 
r nds, 
etc. The A. A. Milf um, or Farr ow, is reputed to have ‘eu 
medicinal 
The Farrow, wherewithal he stopt the wound-made owe 
rayton. 
medical books, that the green leaves of yarrow 
fb ie suit applied to a bruise, dissipate it i ina pee days. 
Miilefolium, of the two Latin words, mille, a thousand, and 
— a leaf, 
kinner derives it from the Anglo-Saxon Gearewe, 
d adds, that Minshrew d because it 
- the best he aler of wounds, and was, therefore, in former 
ae aa aps 
says he, it comes: from the Saxon gear, the oe aoe it 
above; are greenish, and nr caee beneath ; patie with 
veins, and finally becoming rigid, or membranous. Calyx 
pede pie iees t ovate, with numerous obtuse, erect, 
permanen 
inni omit lants of the annual floweri ing kind 
which 
a — ed. 
at i their he ase. Native of Pel 
Flowers, a multipli 
and less conical, than either of the oth 
ple-flow wered Zinnia An dq Zz. Tenuiftora, ‘lendenslowered * 
ed by their bright red narrow revolute radiant rivet bovis 
rongh at the edges; the Sis oe sare yellow. The thr 
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i flow 
Which blooms in forests sa and deep, 
Are like the visions fresh and bright, 
That faithful, absent hearts will keep.” 
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Note also, th 
a it ent € sentiments expressed by that | Seas phase a part a it returned, will convey the idea of reciprocity 
tertains the sa 
of sentiment or demaiike of feeling. 
