442 FREAKS OF PLANT LIFE. 



house, thou shalt have good fortune." So he had 

 one purchased for him for sixty-four thalers, and sent 

 it to him as a present, with these instructions : "When 



Fig. 92.— Female Mandrake. 



thou hast the mandrake in thy house, let it rest three 

 days without approaching it ; then place it in warm 

 water. With the water afterwards sprinkle the animals 



