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Imports and prices. — This is an imported article, though not brought 

 into the United States in large quantities. The price of achillea or 

 yarrow ranges from 2 to 5 cents per pound. 



Fu;. 24. — Yarrow {Achillea millefolium L.). 



CANADA FLEABANE. 

 LeptUon canadensi (L.) Britton. {Erigeron canadensis L.) 



Other common names. — Horseweed, colt's tail, scabious, prideweed, 

 butter weed, fireweed, blood-stanch, cow's tail, hitter weed. (Fig. 25.) 



Range and habitat. — This weed is common in damp, sandy soils in 

 fields and waste places and along roadsides in many parts of the United 

 States, especially throughout the northern Mississippi Valley. 



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