V. WORMWOOD. BORAGE. - 



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while those sowed earlier, will become woolly by that 

 time. But, there is a way to prevent this woolliness ; 

 that is to say, by taking up the turnips, and taking off 

 their greens and roots early in November, keeping them 

 in a cellar or some other convenient place, taking care to 

 exclude all bruised, broken, or rotten turnips or parts of 

 turnips. A small conical heap made in the garden, upon 

 the top of the ground, covered first with straw and then 

 with earth, will keep the turnips perfectly sound until 

 March, so that, be the winter what it may, you may 

 always have turnips ready for use ; and, as they are not 

 in a state to grow, they will not become woolly. 



197. WORMWOOD is a herb purely medicinal. It 

 may be propagated from seed, from slips, or from offsets : 

 it is perenniel, and a foot square in the herb-bed is 

 enough to be allowed to it. It loses its leaves in the 

 winter j and, therefore, for winter use, it must be cut and 

 dried, in the manner directed in the case of other herbs, 

 and put by and preserved in paper bags. 



198. Noia Bene. BORAGE. I omitted the insertion of 

 this plant in due alphabetical order, and, as the printer 

 treads closely upon my heels, I am obliged to mention it 

 here. This is a very pretty flowering plant. One sort of 

 it has blue flowers, one red, and another white. The only 

 use that I ever saw Borage put to, was putting it into 

 wine and water, along with nutmeg, and some other 

 things perhaps, the mixture altogether being called, cool- 

 tankard, or by the shorter name,, cup. If once you have 

 it growing upon any spot, you need not take the trouble 

 to sow. It bears an abundance of seed, some of which 



