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deciduous shrub, bearing silvery leaves and scarlet 

 berries. It grows in ordinary soils. 



The ashes of this shrub contain in 100 

 parts : — 



Southernwood {Artemisia ^ absynthium, 

 wormwood, " old man," Natural Order, Compositse) 

 is a hardy shrub with fragrant foliage. It grows 

 in ordinary soils. 



1 Named after Artemis — the Diana of the Greeks. 



2 A. B. Griffiths, Special Manures for Garden Crops, p. 95. 



