144 THE AMATEURS’ GUIDE 
FENNEL, COMMON,*—(anETHUM FENICULUM. ) 
The leaves of this plant are used in salads and sauce for fish. 
When not required to produce seed, the stalks should be cut down, 
from time to time, during the growing season. By this method, 
the roots will last many years. May be propagated from suckers 
and offsets. 
FEVERFEW .*—(cuRYSANTHEMUM PARTHENIUM. ) 
This plant is cultivated for medicinal purposes. The roots have 
a strong unpleasant smell and a bitter taste. Used externally in 
the form of lotion and of poultice, and internally as an infusion for 
cholic, hysterical affections, and weak digestion. May be propa- 
gated by dividing the roots. 
GINGER.*—(zinIBER OFFICINALE.) 
The roots of this plant are much used both in medicine and do- 
mestic cookery. The roots should be planted in a hot-bed, and, 
when frost has ceased, transplanted to two feet distant from each 
other, and the ground kept clean and free from weeds. The roots 
desired for use should be taken up when the stalks fade, and, 
being first washed and scalded, dried in the sun. Those intended 
for planting, should be taken up somewhat earlier, and protected 
from frost. Iii the middle or southern States, it may readily be 
propagated by dividing the green roots. In the South, and per- 
haps in some of the middle States, they mdy be permitted to 
remain in the ground till spring, by covering the roots with straw 
or long manure. 
HOREHOUND.*—(MarRvuBIUM VULGARE. ) 
This is purely a medicinal herb, and has an aromatic odor when 
dried, which it soon looses if not excluded from the air. It is 
tonic, diuretic, and laxative, and a popular domestic remedy for 
