CHAPTER IX 



Hemlock Its medicinal service Mediaeval writers great 

 plagiarists Alexanders Coles' " Art of Simpling " 

 Gout-weed Herb Gerard Plant-names based on sup- 

 posed medical virtues Herb Christopher Rose-root 

 Foxglove Plant-names based on colour The mullein 

 House-leek The flora of an old thatched roof Marsh 

 orchis Wild tulip The musk mallow and field 

 mallow Milfoil, or yarrow Sneezewort Other plants 

 of the genus Tansy Tansy pudding Cogan's " Haven 

 of Health " Wormwood Honesty The yellow and 

 white melilots Cockle The corn marigold Feverfew 

 The red and white campions Flax-leaved goldilocks 

 Flax. 



IT is, perhaps, unfortunate that such interesting 

 plants as the dwale, henbane, foxglove, thorn- 

 apple, and the fool's parsley should be poisonous, as 

 thereby a prejudice is aroused against them. Hem- 

 lock is no less interesting, and no less in jeopardy 

 of expulsion by most folk from any of their sur- 

 roundings. It is a fine thing when well grown, and 

 belongs to the same great botanical order as our 

 last plant. Our umbelliferous plants are very 

 numerous, and have a sufficient general similarity 



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