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the leaves and flower stalks are the parts used medicinally. It has an aromatic 

 flavor, and a warm, pungent taste ; is stimulant and expectorant, and employed 

 in humoral asthma and chronic catarrh. It is propagated by slips, or by divid- 

 ing the roots in the Spring, or by sowing the seed. It likes a dry, sandy soil ; 

 and eighteen inches space should be given each plant. 



^'' LAVENDULA SPICA. 



Fr. Lavande. — Ger. Spiklavendel. 



A hardy undershrub, a native of the south of Europe. It is cultivated for 

 its fragrant spikes of flowers, which are used for the distillation of Lavender 

 Water. Being dried and put up in paper bags, they are also used to perfume 

 linen. It has an agreeable, pungent bitterness to the taste, and its medicinal 

 properties are stimulant and cordial. It is very hardy and easily cultivated. 

 Sow the seed in drills ten inches apart, and transplant into dry soil, of medium 

 richness, and it will be more highly aromatic. Give each plant two feet space. 

 For drying, gather the flowers before they begin to fade in the least. 



^OSEM/^^Y. 



ROSEMARINUS OFFICINALIS. 



Fr. Ro7iiarii 



Ger. Rosmarin. 



A hardy, evergreen shrub, a native of the south of Europe, It has a frag- 

 rant, grateful odor, and a warm, aromatic, bitter taste. Its medicinal virtues are 

 tonic, stimulant and resolvant, for which, the tender tops are the parts used. It 

 was believed in olden times, that this plant gave strength to the memory. 

 Rosemary may be raised from seed, or by planting slips or cuttings, in the Spring 

 or Fall. Sow the seed in drills, sixteen inches apart, and transplant the next 

 Fall or Spring. 



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RUTA GRAVEOpiNS. 



y:r. Rue. — Ger. Rante. 



A perennial evergreen undershrub, from the south of Europe. It flowers 

 all Summer, and is very well known from its peculiar, strong, unpleasant smell. 

 Its taste is bitter and pungent, and the leaves so acrid as to blister the skin. It is 

 a very powerful medicinal agent, and must be used with caution. It is much 

 used in hysteria and neivous complaints ; also, for flatulent colic. The plant is 

 too powerful to be gene/ally used in family practice. Rue is propagated by 

 seeds, cuttings or slips. It must not have a very rich soil,, nor be suff'ered to run 

 to seed. Sow the seed, and cultivate as Hyssop. 



