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"White mail's Fool," (said to have been so called by the Indians) 

 because it was found everywhere man went, even around the 

 old logging camps. Galium asprellum, "Clivers" (Cleavers), 

 "Kidney-vine,"* used in kidney troubles by the country people. 

 Viburnum dentatum, "Withe wood" Moose-wood. Lobelia in- 

 flata, "Indian Tobacco," "Puke Weed."* used in asthma. Eu- 

 patorium perfoliatum, "Boneset," a great remedy in the country. 

 Lacinaria scariosa, "Devil's Bit." Asters were " Frost flowers,"* 

 and A. cordifolia was known as "Tongue"* and used as greens. 

 Erigeron annuus was called "Little Daisies."* Antennaria was 

 "Indian Tobacco" or "Pussy Toes." Bidens frondosa was "Beg- 

 gers' Lice" ; Achillea millefolium was "Nosebleed Plant" ; Anthe- 

 mis Cotula was "Stink weed,"* "Pig-sty Daisy."* Chrysanthe- 

 mum Leucanthemum was "White-weed" ; Rudbeckia hirta was 

 "Ox-eye Daisy" and "Yellow Daisy," and Chrysanthemum 

 Balsamita was "Rosemary."* Artemisia Abrotanum, Southern- 

 wood, "Old Man," "Old Woman," a sprig of which was carried 

 to church and to funerals. Artemisia vulgaris, "Motherwort." 

 (Artemisia absinthum was used as an application in sprains.) 

 Many herbs were saved and used in the household which I 

 learned later are valuable in medicine. 



GowANDA State Hospital, 

 Helmuth, N.Y. 



