Tansy, 
Canacetum vulgare. Narurat Orver: Composite —Aster Family. 
EMOTELY derived, perhaps, from the Greek athanas7a, im- 
| mortal, because of its durable flowers, the common Tansy is an 
~ old-fashioned plant of European origin, which has become 
naturalized from its many years’ residence. It has a peculiar 
MG ae affinity for old fence corners near the habitation ‘of man, 
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SU ~ “5 where once placed it grows without further care or atten- 
ALS tion. The leaves are beautifully divided and subdivided. The flowers 
Bhog are yellow. The whole plant is pervaded by an aroma which is 
BLY intensely bitter. The young and tender leaves are used for flavoring 
BIS some articles of food, such as cakes, puddings and, for epicures, the 
He, omelet. In some parts of England it is customary, after the Good Friday 
= service, for the clerk of the parish to carry to every house white tansy 
a cakes as an Easter offering, for which each householder gives him a 
Pe gratuity. The leaves are also used as a‘ disinfectant, and among Fin- 
landers to produce a green dye. The essential oil is very poisonous. 
Resistance. 
HAME on those breasts of stone, that cannot melt 
In soft adoption of another’s sorrow! =Anron Hill, 
HE was a careless, fearless girl, \ mirthful maiden she, and young, 
And made her answer plain; Most fair for bliss or bane; 
Outspoken she to earl or churl, O long ago I told you so, 
Kindhearted in the main, T tell you so today ; 
But somewhat heedless with her tongue, Go you your way, and let me go 
And apt at causing pain. Just my own free way. 
—Christina G. Rossetti. 
E read their thoughts—they were his own — 
“What! while our arms can wield these blades, 
Shall we die tamely? die alone? 
Without one victim to our shades, 
One Moslem heart where, buried deep, 
The saber from its toil may sleep?” —Moore. 
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