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HABITS AND LATIN NAMES OF BRITISH PLANTS. 
article in confectionary consists of the prepared stalks of this plant, and in that 
state is agreeable; otherwise, the flavour, though aromatic, is too powerful and 
pungent to be pleasant. It is called Archangelica , implying its imagined 
superiority in virtue over the following species. Of the antipestilential virtues 
of the root, those who wish to be informed, will And amusement, at least, in 
old Gerarde. 
Angelica sylvestris, Wild Angelica.—It is warm, acrid, bitter, and aromatic; 
but the cultivated kind possessing these properties in a higher degree, this has 
been long neglected. Cows, Goats, and Swine eat it. Horses refuse it. 
Anthemis. — AvQspus, from acvQos, a flower, because it bears an abundance of 
flowers. 
Anthemis maritima , Sea Chamomile.—-The flowers smell like Tansy; the 
leaves like Mugwort. 
Anthemis nobilis , Common Chamomile, Sweet Chamomile.—The leaves and 
flowers have a strong, not ungrateful, aromatic . smell, and a bitter nauseous 
taste, probably arising from an essential oil. Chamomile (which may be easily 
propagated by slips planted about a foot apart from each other) was formerly used 
as a cover for walks, odoriferous to the tread, and which, when mowed and r-olled, 
looked well for some time, but, being subject to decay in large patches, they 
have been abandoned as unsightly. Varieties with double flowers, whose yellow 
tubular florets are, entirely or partially, transformed into white ligulate ones, 
are common in gardens; the discoid variety, destitute of rays, is more rare. 
The latter, perhaps, ought to be preferred for medical use; the double white 
flowers being now acknowledged to be weaker than in a natural state. Every 
part of the plant is intensely bitter, and gratefully aromatic, especially the 
flowers, whose stomachic and tonic powers are justly celebrated. Chamomile is 
derived from xa&at, dwarf, and an Apple, because the plant smells like 
Apples s or rather like Quinces. 
Anthemis arvensis , Com Chamomile, White Ox-eye.—The herbage has little 
or no smell, but the flowers are pleasantly scented. 
Anthemis .cotula , Stinking Chamomile or Mayweed.—Toads are said to be 
partial to this plant. It is very ungrateful and displeasing to Bees. Goats and 
Sheep are not fond of it. Horses, Cows, and Swine refuse it. It frequently 
blisters the skin of reapers, and of children who happen to gather it; the acri¬ 
mony is occasioned by an exudation from minute glands perceptible with a 
microscope. It is one of the troublesome weeds that overrun Corn-fields, and 
ought to be extirpated by more diligent husbandry. 
Anthemis tinctoria , Ox-eye Chamomile, Yellow Ox-eye.'—The flowers afford 
a remarkably clear and good yellow dye. Those of Chrysanthemum segetum 
resemble them much in appearance, but experience proves that they will not 
