^mssilajo 



KarilOSmia palinata. Natural Order: Coiiipositw — Aster Family. 



^*^X swamps or moist lowlands may be found the few plants 

 known as Tussilago, or Coltsfoot. In the Tussilago farfara, 

 : we have the most common species. It is to be found chieflv 

 Ml claj-ey soil in the Northern and Middle States. The flower 

 ippears singly, and is a many-ra^^ed yellow head, borne on a 

 ■;calv stalk about five or six inches high, and blossoming 

 the leaves make their appearance. Another variety called Tus- 

 ^ by Aiton is now known as Nardosmia, from the two Greek 

 words, iiardos., meaning spikenard, and osmc, smell, which plant it 

 resembles in its fragrance. The flowers, which appear in May, are 

 used in the manufacture of perfumer}-. The leaves are coarse, large 

 and palmate, having a fancied resemblance to a colt's toot, whence the 

 common name. The scientific name is from the Latin titss/s, a cough, 

 ^ because of its long-recognized value as a cough remedy. Its aromatic 

 properties were only discovered during the present centur}-. 



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Jusiit^ ta Y^u- 



*HE gods grow angry with your patience! 'Tis their care, 

 And must be yours, that guilty men escape not; 

 crimes do grow-, justice should rouse itself. — 7o«.,o«. 



IMPARTIAL justice liolds her equal scales, 

 * Till stronger virtue does the weight incline; 

 If over thee thy glorious foe prevails, 



He now defends the cause that once was thine. 



—Prior. 



V^Or are right, justice, and you weigh this well; 

 Therefore still bear the balance and the sword; 

 .\nd I do wish your honors may 

 Till you do live to see a son of mil 

 Oftend you and obey you, as I did, 

 So shall I live to speak my father's 



F but one virtu 



It would be ju 



ire vail'd thereby 



In one who is 



? did adorn a king, 

 .tice; many great defects 

 — whereas each virtuous thing 

 not just, the world suspects. 

 —harl of Slerliiig. 



voids 



Happy am I, that have a man so bold, 



That dares do justice on my proper son; 



.•\nd no less happy, having such a son 



That would deliver up his greatness so 



Into the hands of justice. 



—Shakt;sp^ar< 



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