MEDICINAL HERBS. 



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marked * are of the latter description, and maybe propagated 

 by suckers, offsets, cuttings, or parting the roots. Those 

 who have not already a plantation of these herbs, may sow 

 the seed of any of the different kinds in April or May, in 

 drills about half an inch deep, and twelve inches apart, each 

 kind by itself. The plants may afterward be transplanted 

 into separate beds ; or, if a drill for each kind be drawn two 

 feet apart, the seed may be sown in them, and the plants 

 afterward thinned out to proper distances, according to the 

 natural growth of the different kinds of plants. 



PLANTS CULTIVATED FOR MEDICINAL AND 

 OTHER PURPOSES. 



GRAINES DE PL ANTES MEDICINAL. 



Bene, 



Boneset, or Thoroughwort, 



*BaIm, 



Bean, Castor Oil, 



Burdock, 



Catnep, 



Celandine, 



* Chamomile, 



* Comfrey, 



* Elecampane, 

 Feverfew, 



* Horehound, 



* Horsemint, 



* Hyssop, 



* Lavender, 

 Lovage, 



* Mallow, Marsh, 



* Motherwort, 



* Patience Dock, 



* Pinkroot, Carolina, 

 Poppy Opium, (annual,) 



* Rosemary, 



* Rue, Garden, 

 Saffron, Bastard, 

 Skullcap, or Mad Dog Plant. 

 Snakeroot, Virginian, 



* Sorrel, 



Sesamum orientate. 

 Eupatorium pcrfoliatum, 

 Melissa qfficinalis. 

 Ricinus communls. 

 Arclium lappa. 

 Nepeta cat aria. 

 Chelidonum ma jus. 

 Anthemis nobilis. 

 Symphytum qfficinalc. 

 Inula fielenium. 

 Chrysanthemum parthenium. 

 Marubiam vulgare. 

 Monarda pundata. 

 Hyssopus officinalis. 

 Lavendula spica. 

 Ligusticum levisticum. 

 Althea qfficinalis. 

 Leonurus cardiaca. 

 Rurnex patientia. 

 Spigelia Marylandica. 

 Papaver somniferum. 

 Rosmarinus officinalis. 

 Rut a graveolens. 

 Cartharnus tinctorius. 

 Scutellaria lateriflora. 

 Aristolochia, serpentaria. 

 Rumex acetosa. 



