MEDICINAL HERBS. 
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marked # are :>f the latter description, and maybe propagated 
by suckers, offsets, cuttings, or parting the roots. Those 
who have not already a plantation of these herbs, may sow 
the seed of any of the different kinds in April or May, in 
drills about half an inch deep, and twelve inches apart, each 
kind by itself. The plants may afterward be transplanted 
into separate beds ; or, if a drill for each kind be drav% two 
feet apart, the seed may be sown in them, and the plants 
afterward thinned out to proper distances, according to the 
natural growth of the different kinds of plants. 
PLANTS CULTIVATED FOR MEDICINAL AND 
OTHER PURPOSES. 
GrXines de Plantes Medicinal. 
Bene, 
Sesamum orientate. 
Boneset, or Thoroughwort, 
Eupatorium perfoliatum. 
* Balm, 
Melissa officinalis . 
Bean, Castor Oil, 
Ricinus communis. 
Burdock, 
Arctium lappa . 
Catnep, 
Nepeta cataria. 
Celandine, 
Chelidonum majus. 
* Chamomile, 
Anthemis nobilis. 
* Comfrey, 
Symphytum officinale . 
* Elecampane, 
Inula helenium. 
Feverfew, 
Chrysanthemum parthenium . 
* Horehound, 
Marubiam vulgare. 
* Horsemint, 
Monarda punctata . 
* Hyssop, 
Hyssopus officinalis • 
* Lavender, 
Lavendula spica . 
Lovage, 
Ligusticum levisticum. 
* Mallow, Marsh, 
Althea officinalis. 
* Motherwort, 
Leonurus cardiaca . 
* Patience Dock, 
Rumex patientia. 
* Pinkroot, Carolina, 
Spigelia Marylandica. 
Poppy Opium, (annual,) 
Papaver somniferum. 
* Rosemary, 
Rosmarinus officinalis. 
* Rue, Garden, 
Ruta graveolens. 
Satfron, Bastard, 
Carthamus tinctorius . 
Skullcap, or Mad Dog Plant. 
Scutellaria lateriflora. ^ 
Snakeroot, Virginian, 
Aristolochia serpent aria. 
* Sorrel, 
Rumex acetosa. 
