WORMWOOD — SOUTHERNWOOD. 



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Gather the flowers when just in full bloom and dry in 

 the shade. 



ARTEMISIA. 



Artemisia Ahsinthiim — Wormwood. 



A native of Europe, perennial, cultivated much in gar- 

 dens. Its odor is strong and fragrant, and its taste aroma- 

 tic but intensely bitter. It is cultivated for the tops or 

 extremities of the branches. Its properties are tonic, 

 diuretic, and it is a vermifuge. The dried leaves steeped 

 in vinegar are a very useful application to fresh bruises, 

 for which it is well worth cultivating. It is also usefully 

 employed in antiseptic fomentations. 



Wormwood likes a calcareous soil, and may be raised 

 either by cuttings, seeds, or dividing the roots. Cultiva- 

 ted same as hyssop ; roots being eighteen inches apart. 

 A dry, poor soil is necessary to bring out the peculiar 

 virtues of this plant. 



Artemisia Abrotamim — Southernwood. 



Is very nearly allied to the above, both being species 

 of the same genus, and similar as to medical properties. Like 

 wormwood, it has a grateful odor, but it is not much used 

 in medicine from its nauseous taste. It is a stimulant, 

 vermifuge, and emmenagogue. 



For culture, see " Hyssop." 



Bora go Officinalis — Borage. 



An annual European plant. The tender tops, young 

 leaves, and flowers, are sometimes used as a salad by the 

 French, and boiled by the Italians. 



Medicinally it was formerly thought endowed with 

 very great virtues, and numbered among the four cordial 

 flowers. 



Old Girard says, " Those of our time do use the flowers 

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