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THRIFT (COMMON.)— (-<4rm«rui Mantima^) (Armeria 

 Vw'gariSf) {Statice Armeria.) 



/>«crt>).— This has lonj^, narrow, grassy green leaves ; 

 they Are smooth, uiidivi<led at the edges, aud sharp-point- 

 ed. The stalk rises in the centre of a tuft of these leaves, 

 and is round, upright, simple, naked, and of a pale, grey- 

 ish green colour. The flowers stand at the top, a number 

 together, in a round cluster, pretty large, of a pale fleshy 

 purple. The seed is small, round, and of a pale brown. 



place. — It is most common about the sea coast. 



Oovemment arid Virtttea.—li is a plant of Saturn; very 

 astringent, but not often used. 



THYME (COMMON GARDEN.)— {TkT/mus Vulgaris.) 



Descrip. — The root is fibrous, the stalks numerous, hard, 

 woody, brown, much branched, and ten inches high. The 

 leaves are short, broad, pointed, and of a dusky green. The 

 flowers are small, very numerous, and of a pale red ; the 

 •ee<U are roundish, small, brown, and glossy. 



Place. — A native of India, but is found in every garden. 



Time, — It flowers in June. 



Oovemvient and Virtues, — It Is a strengthener of the 

 lungs ; a goo<i remedy for the chin-cough in children. It 

 purges the body of phlegm, and is an excellent remedy for 

 the shortness of breath. It kills worms in the belly, and 

 being a notable herb of Venus, provokes the terms, gives 

 safe aud speedy delivery to women in travail, and brings 

 away the after-birth. An ointment ma<le of it takes away 

 hot swellings and warts, helps the sciatica and dullness of 

 sight, and takes away pains and hardness of the spleen : 

 it is excellent for those that are troubled with the gout ; 

 as also, to anoint the testicles that are swelled. it eases 

 pains in the loins aud hips. The herb taken inwardly, 

 comforts the stomach much, and expels wind. 



THYME, (WILD, OR MOTHER OF.)— (^Aymi« 

 Serpyttum.) 



/)«scrip.— This plant has a small, stringy, creeping root, 

 from which rise a great number of very slender, leaning, 

 wootly stalk.-s having two small, roundish, green leaves, 

 set at a joint, on short footstalks. The flowers grow on 

 the tops of the stalks among the leaves, in small loose 

 •pikes of a reddish purple coioor. The kkves ivnd flowsn 

 have a strong pleasant iimsU 



