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Rosmarinus officinalis, Narurar Orver: Labiate—Mint Family. 
BAS ITERALLY, Rosmarinus signifies, in Latin, sea-dew, and 
pate name was no doubt given because of the fondnéss of this 
{plant for the surf-beaten and spray-sprinkled sea shore, whence 
A Ai. its aromatic odor, not unlike that of camphor, often greets the 
Ai. gladdened mariner as he sails along the coast. It is an 
poM “evergreen shrub, with blue flowers, growing spontaneously 
Va vin China, Asia Minor, Spain, Italy, and portions of France. It yields, 
, by distillation, a great quantity of odoriferous oil, with which the whole 
5) plant is highly impregnated. Rosemary was used by our forefathers 
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was distributed at weddings and funerals. 
Remembrance, 
HE plac’d it sad, with needless fear, 
Lest time should shake my wavering soul — 
Unconscious that her image there 
Held every sense in fast control. —Byron. 
THINK of thee when soft and wide And when the moon’s sweet crescent springs 
The evening spreads her robes of light, In light o’er heaven’s wide, waveless sea, 
And like a young and timid bride, And stars are forth like blessed things, 
Sits blushing in the arms of night: I think of thee—I think of thee. 
—George D. Prentice. 
HERE’S not a look, a word of thine 
My soul hath e’er forgot; 
Thou ne’er hast bid a ringlet shine, 
Nor given thy locks one graceful twine, 
Which I remember not. 
—Moore, 
OSEMARIE is for remembrance And when I cannot have, 
Between us day and night, (As I have said ‘before,) 
Wishing that I might always have Then Cupid, with his deadly dart, 
You present in my sight; Doth wound my heart full sore. 
—Poem, 1584. 
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