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1901] Morrell, — Maine Plants and their Uses I3I 
Daucus Carota, Carrots raised from seeds of the wild plant are 
said to be sweeter than the common garden varieties, but I think 
most people look upon them as poisonous. 
Carum Carui. Caraway seed is used in cakes and in candy. 
Ledum Groenlandicum (L. latifolium). The Labrador tea is used 
for canker in the stomach, and sometimes for dysentery. 
Asclepias Cornuti. The young shoots are sometimes used for 
greens. The ripened pods are opened and used for decorative 
purposes. The silky down of the seeds is used for fancy bags and 
pillows, and it is said to have been spun for candle-wick by early settlers 
Scutellaria lateriflora. Skullcap steeped and drank induces sleep. 
Nepeta Cataria. One of my neighbors came in a hurry one day to 
get some of my dried catnip. She said her husband was threatened 
with pneumonia, and that catnip used in poultices and taken inter- 
nally as a tea was a sure cure. I had long known of people using 
catnip tea for headaches and stomach troubles. 
Physalis heterophylla. The fruits make nice preserves. In an old 
cook-book they are called husk-tomatoes. 
Datura Stramonium.. The capsules are smoked for asthma, and 
the root is sometimes used medicinally by country people. 
Sambucus Canadensis. The flowers are used by my neighbors for 
elderberry wine, as are the berries also when they come later. Some 
people make a delicious jelly from the berries. 
Viburnum Opulus. The fruit, known as “ highbush cranberry” is 
used for sauce and jellies. 
Cucurbita Pepo. Pumpkin seeds have been used to make custard 
pies, eight seeds shelled and pounded being used in place of one 
egg. Apple seeds are sometimes used in the same way, many more 
seeds, of course, being needed. 
Eupatorium. perfoliatum. Under the name, thoroughwort, this is 
used as a tea for colds, in syrups with molasses for coughs, and is 
supposed to be a good blooc medicine. It is also much used in dis- 
eases of cattle. 
Eupatorium purpureum. Joe-Pye-weed is used in Bright's disease. 
Solidago. The blooms of various kinds are used to dye yellow. 
Aster macrophyllus. The leaves were used in Gardiner fifty years 
ago as greens. They were called “ tongue." 
Tanacetum vulgare. Tansy cheese used to be made by steeping 
thetansy and pouring the tea into the milk before the curds were made. 
