VALERIANA 



(From the Latin vaUre, to be strong, because of its medicinal uses) 



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VaUrianacea 



Valeriana officinalis 



English Names: Common valerian, Cat's valerian, Garden heliotrope. All' 

 heal. Cut-heal, Setwall, Herb bonnet, St. George's herb. Spurred flower. 



EUROPE. N. ASIA 



JUNE TO JULY 



SMALL, very fragrant flowers varying to whitish or lavender, freely 

 borne on somewhat downy and branching stems two to five feet high. 

 Leaves compound with several narrow pointed leaflets, showy, fragrant, 

 and persistent. Excel- 

 lent for the herbaceous 

 border, more on account 

 of its aromatic odor than 

 for its flowers; or for 

 naturalizing amongshrub- 

 bery. 



A perfectly hardy 

 perennial of easiest cul- 

 ture in any soil, even in 

 waste places, in sun. It 

 spreads rapidly, soon 

 forming large clumps. 



Propagate by seed or 

 by division. 



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