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very easy to raise it by planting slips of the roots m 

 ilitches and swampy grounds. To prepare the roots 

 for use or exportation they must be dug, cleaned and 

 dried. The best time to collect them is the spring 



and falK 



Cattle will not eat this plant, and it is noxious to 

 insects ; the leaves, therefore, maybe used to advan- 

 tage agralnst moths and worms. This is owing to 



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their strong smell. Leather can be tanned by the 



whole plant. 



The blossoms appear in May or June ; they are 



yellow and crowded on a thick spike or spadix. 



Qualities — -A chemical examination of the roots, 

 evinces the presence of Tannin, Amarine, and an es- 

 sential Oil, in which resides the aromatic smell ; but 



this la«t CAVi only bo obtained in tLo prnpnrtinn Oi 



half per cent. The bitter principle is better soluble 

 in water than alcohol. 



PROPERTIES— The roots are warm, aromatic, 

 pungent and bitter. They are deemed stomachic, to- 

 nic, corroborant and carminative. The infusion in 

 wine or spirits becomes bitter, but;icquires a nauseous 

 flavour. The infusion in water preserves the fine 

 smell, and becomes pleasantly warm and bitter. 



It is useful in disorders of the stomach, flatulency, 

 vertigo, cholics, dyspepsia, &c. ; candied roots and 

 the extract, or chewing the roots and swallowing 

 the juice, are efficient in those ca^Nes. — ^The warm 

 infusion like tea, cures the wind cholic of infants, 

 5?ailors, &:c. 



The dose of the extract is half a drachm. When 



