MEDICINAL HERBS. 



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marked * are of the latter description, and may be 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 Plantes Medicinal. 



Bene, 



Boneset, or Thoroughwort, 



• Balm, 



Bean, Castor Oil, 

 Burdock, 

 Catnep, 

 Celandine, 



• Chamomile, 



• Corafrey, 



• 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 orientale. 

 Kupatorium perfoliatum. 

 Melissa officinalis. 

 Ricinus communis- 

 Arctium lappa- 

 Nepeta cat aria. 

 Chelidonum majus. 

 Anthemis nobilis- 

 Symphyfum officinale 

 Inula helenium- 

 Chrysanthemum parthenium% 

 Marubiam vulgare. 

 Monarda punctata' 

 Hyssupus officinalis' 

 Lavendula spictt' 

 Ligusticum levisticum. 

 Althea officinalis. 

 Leonurus cardiaca' 

 Rum,ex patientia. 

 Spigelia Marylandica. 

 Papaver somniferum,' 

 Rosmarinus officinalis' 

 Ruta graveolenS' 

 Carthamus tinctorius. 

 Scutellaria lateriflora. 

 Aristolochia serpentaria, 

 Rumex acetoaa. 



