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Rue. 



Rue is a useful antidote against infectious diseases. 

 If any one puts a small sprig of the plant in the mouth 

 before going into a room where there is fever, &c., the 

 disease, it is said, will not affect the visitor. Eue is a 

 warm tonic, and will create appetite. The plant may 

 be multiplied by seed and by slips in the months of 

 May and June. It is a very pretty-growing evergreen 

 shrub, and might be used as an ornament for borders 

 among other dwarf shrubs. 



The Hyssop (Lamiacem). 



The Hyssop is a useful and beautiful little plant, of 

 a dwarf habit, and belongs to the same order as the 

 Thyme. It may be raised from seed, and propagated 

 by cuttings put under a handlight, and by division of 

 the root, as for Thyme. 



Lavender. 



The Lavender is well known, the flowers being the 

 useful part. These make a fine distillation for various 

 purposes ; or the flowers may be dried and put into 

 muslin bags, and laid among clothes as a preventive 

 against moths entering the box or drawers. The culti- 

 vation of the Lavender for commercial purposes pays 

 very well on good, open, light land. The plant will 

 live for a great many years, and produce an abundant 

 supply of Sowers every season, if the land is dry or 

 well drained, and exposed to the full influence of the 

 sun. The flowers should be cut as soon as they are 

 fully expanded, and never left a day longer: they 

 should be also thoroughly dry before cutting them. 



The propagation of the Lavender is by slips or cut- 

 tings of the old and young wood. Cuttings of the 

 young firm wood in June under a handlight, and slips 

 of the older growth inserted in the ground in August 

 or September, will make good plants. 



