136 THE BOOK OF HERBS 



as jail fever, raged in Newgate to a great extent. It may 

 be remembered that during the trial of the Mannings 

 (1849), the unhappy woman, after one of the speeches of 

 the opposing counsel, gathered up some of the sprigs of 

 Rue which lay before her, and threw them at his head." 

 Turner recommends Rue "made hott in the pyll of 

 a pomegranate " for the " ake of the eares." 



Southernwood {Artemisa Abrotanuni). 



Lavender and Sweet Marjoram march away, 

 Sothernwood and Angelica don't stay, 

 Plantain, the Thistle, which they blessed call, 

 And useful Wormwood, in their order fall. 



Of Plants, boolt i. — Cowley. 



I'll give to him, 



Who gathers me, more sweetness than he'd dream 



Without me — more than any lily could. 



I, that am flowerless, being Southernwood. 



Shall 1 give you honesty, 

 Or lad's love to wear? 

 Or a wreath less fair to see. 

 Juniper and Rosemary ? 

 Flaxenhair ? 



Rosemary, lest you forget. 

 What was lief and fair, 

 Lad's love, sweet thro' fear and fret, 

 Lad's love, green and living yet, 

 Flaxenhair. 



Finnish Bride Song, — N. HopPER. 



Southernwood has many sobriquets, among which are 

 Lads or Boy's Love, Old Man, and Maiden's Ruin ; the 

 last a corruption of Armoise du Rone, Mr Friend says. 

 The French have contracted the same title to Auronne 

 and also call the plant Bois de St Jean and Citronelle. 

 Dutch people used to call it Averonne (another form of 

 the French contraction) and the Germans, Stab-ivurtz. 

 The name Bois de St Jean is given it, because in some 

 parts of France it is one of the plants dedicated to St 

 John the Baptist, and the German title came from their 



