CONTENTS 
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Agave — Aloe — Use of the Aloe Tlant 
, by Mahometans — ■ Aloe planted on 
Graves, ... ... ... ... 200 
Chapter XXIII.— 
Sweet Woodruff — Morning in the Country — 
Old Name of W oodruf — Scent Jars 
— Moorland Woodruff — Field W ood- 
ruff — Madder — ■ Bed Straw — Goose- 
grass — Use of this Tlant in Villages 
— Verses, ... ... ... ... 2oy 
Chapter XXIV. — 
St. John’ s Wort — Targe - flowered Species — 
Locality of some Tlants — Social Tlants 
— Virtues formerly ascribed to Herbs — 
Rue, or Herb of Grace — Holy Herb 
— Customs formerly practised on the 
Vigil of St. John — Customs still prac- 
tised in Greece and on the Continent — 
Used in Greece and on the Continent, . . . 21^ 
Chapter XXV. — 
Michaelmas-Daisy — Autumn — F arewell Sum- 
mer — Seaside Daisy — Compound 
Flowers — Verses on Autumn Flowers, 22 j 
Chapter XXVI.— 
Butter-bur — Used as Remedy against the 
Blague — Large Leaves — Instincts of 
Bees — Garden Butter-bur, ... ... 2^2 
Chapter XXVII.— 
Lilies — “ Lily of the Field ” — Liliaceous 
Tlants of Equinoctial Countries — 
Lily of the Valley — Water-lily — 
Eastern Lotus — Garden Lily — Orange 
Lily — Turk’scap Lily — Kamschatka 
Lily — Its Use as Food, ... ... 
Chapter XXVIII. — 
Carnation and Tink — Deptford Tink — Moun- 
tain Tink — Clove July-Flower — • 
Varieties of Carnation — Rose Campion 
Lychnis — Chickweed — Soapwort — 
Spurrey, ... ... ... 24^ 
Chapter XXIX.— 
Cistus — Ephemeral Flowers — Gum Cistus — 
Ladanum — Ancient Mode of collecting 
