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powered by the yet more potent odour of the garlic. 

 In like manner a yet earlier writer, Bartholomeus, 

 says of garlic that "it overcometh al other strong 

 smelles, and therefore men that must needes passe 

 by foules places, or make them clene, arme and 

 defend them selfe with strong sauce of garlyke." 

 This is all very well, and at least serves to illustrate 

 the theory that when a dog has lost his character he 

 may as well be hung up at sight, but no one need 

 fear to introduce the garlic into his garden on the 

 strength of these extracts. If one chooses to bruise 

 the plant it gives forth a strong onion-like odour, 

 and if one does not choose to do so, which will 

 probably be the case with most people, it is no 

 more an offence to the super-sensitive nose than 

 any of its neighbours. "It helpeth against the 

 by ting of an adder," and was held by our forefathers 

 to be of abounding efficacy against all kinds of 

 venom, the bite of a mad dog, the sting of a 

 scorpion, and the like perils. 



An excellent little plant to fill up any spare room 

 is the strawberry, the only drawback being that it 

 sets about the task with such hearty goodwill that 

 we soon find it encroaching on the rights of its 

 neighbours. The plant throws out many running 

 stems from its crown, and these in turn root and 

 repeat the process ; hence we see the reason of its 

 real name, the stray-berry. It is found in the 

 woods, and seems equally at home in Surrey or 



