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thrived. It Was cultivated hftre in 1548. but has been chiefly 

 valued as a medicinal plant. In the days of Mary and Eliza- 

 beth it was cultivated in pots as a fragrant herb for ladies. 



ROSEMARY- 3. 



Rosemary, is a native of many parts of Europe. It was 

 employed by the Roman Physicians. It was cultivated in this 

 country in 1648. 



LAVENDER. 2. 



Lavender is a native of many parts of Europe. It has been 

 cultivated in the earliest ages for its fragrance. Spikenard 

 (Essential oil of Lavender) is mentioned in Scripture. The 

 Greeks and Romans cultivated it, and it was in our Gardens 

 early in the reigii of Henry the 8th. 



TANSY. 3. COSTMARY. 



RHUBARB. 3. 



This native of Asia was known as a Medical Plant to Dios- 

 corides, who lived about the time of the Christian Era. Its leaves 

 were boiled as a sauce for meat here in the timeof Gerarde. It is 

 not mentioned as being so employed however by Switzer or 

 any of his contemporaries; and the use of its stalks for Tarts, 

 Sec. appears to be aft introduction of the present Century. 



POMPIONS.— GOURDS— 6. 



These are natives of southern climates inevery quarter of the 

 globe. They were boiled and eaten by the Romans as now by 

 us, and were probably brought to this Island by them. They 

 were common when our oldest Herbals were written. 



