CHAPTER XIV 



OTHER HERBS OF INTEREST 



' Madam, wol ye stalk 

 Pryvely into the garden to see the herbes grow ? 

 And forth on they wend 

 Passing forth softly into the herbery.' 



Besides the wild Herbs just spoken of, there are 

 others that may be cultivated, which are of great 

 interest for different reasons. Here are one or two 

 of the kind we mean : 



Liquorice, Glycyrrhiza glabra ; Angelica, Arch- 

 angelica officinalis ; Elecampane, Inula Helenium, 

 Vervain, Verbena officinalis; Mullein, Verbascum 

 Thapsus ; Fumitory, Fumaria officinalis ; Sam- 

 phire, Crithmum maritimum ; and the wonderful 

 Mandrake, Mandragora, 



Liquorice is grown for its usefulness, as every- 

 body knows. The plant is hardy, the flowers are 

 bluish, and the value of the plant lies in the root. 



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