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Snujff Plant (Buddleia Nee m da)— Used for 

 cataract in the eyes. 



Scurvy Grasft (Cakile Maritima)— Alterna-^ 

 tive, and used for skin diseases. 



Squill Scilla (Orinthoyalum LaLifoliura)— 

 Syrup for. infantile sore throat. 



S^rtfapariWi (Srnilax Sii^jrittfrfolia)— Tonic 

 and blood cleanser. 



Spurge Titimelly (Euphorbia Peplus)— Juice 

 removes warts. 



Tanfiy (Eri^'eron ?)— Used as a tonic and 

 in liver complaints. 



Vervain (Stnchytarpheta Janiaiceusis) — 

 Used in yellow fever. 



Wireweed (Sida Carpinifolia) — Juice re- 

 moves and assaueres wasp and bee stings. 



\V rrmwooil, Wofmneed (Artemisia Tenui- 

 folia) -Tonic and used as a vermifuge. 



The writer will be glad to hear of any addi- 

 tion to the above, as there is a probability of 

 a garden being planted with medicinal herbs 

 to test their capabilities, and to ascertain if 

 they are worth cultivating. There are sever- 

 al wholesale houses in New York dealing 

 solely in herbs, barks and seeds 



Water Plants. 



The water and marsh plants of these 

 islands may be considHp'd as forming a class 

 of their own, but wheLlinr they are indigen- 

 ous or otherwise is an open question difficult 

 to solve. It is a wellknown fact that birds of 

 aquatic habits carry undigested seeds of 

 water plants to far distances, as has been 

 evidenced in ponds of estates in England 

 where water plants suddenly appear, the con- 

 geners of which may be miles away from the 

 new locality of growth. It may thus be 

 assumed that seeds of water weeds have been 



