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are put into salads as an ornament. In England it is now 

 nearly neglected, but the flowers and upper leaves are some- 

 times used as an ingredient in that Summer beverage com- 

 posed of wine, water, lemon juice, and sugar, called a cool 

 tankard, to which they seem to give an additional coolness. 



CARAWAY. 

 Carum Cdrui — Carvi. Fr. — KummeL Ger. 



A native of many countries in the northern parts of Europe. 

 It is biennial, and propagated by sowing the seeds in Spring. 

 The seeds of this plant are well known to have a pleasant, spicy 

 smell, and a warm, aromatic taste : and on that account they 

 are much used as a common ingredient in cakes, and are en- 

 crusted in sugar for comfits : they are also distilled with spir- 

 ituous liquors, to improve their flavor. The tender leav^ Sn 

 Spring are sometimes boiled in soups. 



CHAMOMILE. 



A'nthemis nobilis. — Camomille, Fr. — Kamille, Ger. 



G-e,ows wild in many parts of Europe. It is a hardy pe- 

 rennial, and easily propagated by parting the roots early in 

 Spring. Both the leaves and flowers of the Chamomile have 

 a strong, though not ungrateful, smell, and a very bitter, nau- 

 seous taste. The flowers possess the stomachic and tonic 

 qualities usually ascribed to simple bitters. A watery infu- 

 sion of them is frequently used for the purpose of exciting 

 vomiting, or for promoting the operation of emetics. They 

 are very generally used in emollient* decoctions, to assuage 

 pain ; and externally as fomentations, 



