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Tussitlago. 
Nardosmia palmata. Narurar Orver: Composite — Aster Family. 
€)>N swamps or moist lowlands may be found the few plants 
known as Tussilago, or Coltsfoot. In the Tussilago farfara, 
we have the most common species. It is to be found chiefly 
on clayey soil in the Northern and Middle States. The flower 
appears singly, and is a many-rayed yellow head, borne on a 
: i scaly stalk about five or six inches high, and blossoming 
3 Rye before the leaves make their appearance. Another variety called Tus- 
a silago by Aiton is now known as Nardosmia, from the two Greek 
words, zardos, meaning spikenard, and osme, smell, which plant it 
3K resembles in its fragrance. The flowers, which appear in May, are 
if used in the manufacture of perfumery. The leaves are coarse, large 
and palmate, having a fancied resemblance to a colt’s foot, whence the 
common name. The scientific name is from the Latin ¢uss7s, a cough, 
because of its long-recognized value as a cough remedy. Its aromatic 
properties were only discovered during the present century. 
usticg ta You. 
i Sia gods grow angry with your patience! ’Tis their care, 
And must be yours, that guilty men escape not; 
As crimes do grow, justice should rouse itself. = —onson. 
[eee justice holds her equal scales, F but one virtue did adorn a king, 
Till stronger virtue does the weight incline; It would be justice; many great defects 
If over thee thy glorious foe prevails, Are vail'd thereby —whereas each virtuous thing 
He now defends the cause that once was thine. In one who is not just, the world suspects. 
—Prior. —Earl of Sterling. 
OU are right, justice, and you weigh this well; Happy am I, that have a man so bold, 
Therefore still bear the balance and the sword: That dares do justice on my proper son; 
And I do wish your honors may increase, And no less happy, having such a son 
Till you do live to see a son of mine That would deliver up his greatness so 
Offend you and obey you, asl did, Into the hands of justice. 
So shall I live to speak my father’s words:— —Shakespeare. 
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