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brittle. Gather herbs when the sap is full in the top of 

 them. Such herbs as you intend to gather for drying, to 

 keep for use all the winter, do it about Lammas-tide ; 

 dry them in the shade that the sun draw not out their 

 vertue, but in a clear air and breezy wind, that no musti- 

 ness may taint them." 



Cut all herbs just before they flower, except where 

 the flower heads are wanted — lavender or camomile, for 

 instance. These should be cut just before the flowers 

 are fully open. 



