FAMILY herbal: 91 



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of a pond; we have not tried whether this of oun 

 will do the same. 



Corn Marigold. Chrysanthemum segestnm, 



A VERY beautiful wild plant growin.^ in corn- 

 fields, with large bluish leaves, and full of flowers 

 like marigolds. It is two feet high ; the stalks are 

 Buraerous, round, stiff, tolerably upright, and 

 branched ; the leaves stand irregularly, and are 

 long, very broad, and of a bluish green ; they are 

 smallest towards the base, and larger at the end^ 

 and thej are deeply cut in at the sides. The flow- 

 ers are as broad as half a crown, and of a very beau- 

 tiful yellow ; they have a cluster of threads in the 

 middle. The root is fibrous. 



The flowers, fresh gathered and just opened, 

 contain the greatest virtue. They are good against 

 all obstructions, and work by urine. An infusion of 

 them, giv^n in the quantity of half a pint warm, 

 three times a day, has been known ta cure a jaun-^ 

 dice, without any other medicine ; the dried herb 

 has the same virtue, but in a less degree. 



CosTMARY. Costus hortoTum. 



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A GARDEN plant kept more for its virtuei 



than its beauty, but at present neglected. It grows 

 a foot and half high, and has clusters of naked 

 yellow flowers like tansy. The stalks are firm, 

 thick, green, and upright ,' the leaves are oblong, 

 narrow, of a pale green^ and beautifully serrated ; 

 the flowers consist only of deep yellow threads. 



It was once greatly esteemed for strengthening 

 the stomach, and curing head-achs, and for opening 

 obstructions of the liver and spleen, btjt more seems 

 to have been said of it than it deserved. 



