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Coriandrum Sativum — Coriander. 



An annual from the East; also grows naturally in the 

 South of Europe. Some like its tender leaves for soups 

 and salads, but it is raised mostly for its seeds which have 

 a pleasant aromatic taste, though the smell is disagreeable. 

 Coriander seed is carminative and stomachic. It is often 

 used to disguise tlie taste of medicines, but it is principally 

 employed in confectionery. 



Sow the seed in March, where they are to remain, in 

 drills ten inches apart. Do this in dry weather and 

 thin the plants to four inches, and keep free from weeds. 



Ewpatorium Ferfoliatum — Thoroughwort, or Boneset. 



A native of most of the United States, which, if not 

 found growing wild in the vicinity, should be cultivated, 

 as it is one of the best herbs in family practice. It has a 

 faint odor, an intensely bitter taste, and is slightly astrin- 

 gent. Its medicinal virtues are diaphoretic, tonic, and in 

 larger doses, emetic and aperient. It is principally used 

 as a diaphoretic in colds, catarrhs, and rheumatism, in 

 intermittent, remittent, and inflammatory diseases, or given 

 cold as a tonic in dyspepsia. A strong infusion given 

 warm in bed is almost a sovereign remedy for a cold. To 

 a pint of boiling water, add one ounce of the leaves and 

 flowers, and take it hot at two or three doses. 



Boneset is a perennial, and can be raised by transplant- 

 ing the roots or sowing the seed. 



Glycirrhiza Glair a — L I QUORICE. 

 A hardy perennial from Southern Europe, the saccha- 

 rine juice of the root of which is useful in catarrhs, fevers, 

 &c. Its taste is sweet and mucilaginous, and it is much 



