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(Htd)OVtUin CULlina. Natural Order: Composites—Aster Family, 
Scattered widely throughout Europe and America, though 
a native of the East Indies, the Endive is of the same genus as 
the Chicory, already described on page 82. Its name in the 
vernacular is a formation from the Latin name intybus. It is an 
annual of a hardy nature, and is often cultivated for and forms 
an excellent salad, but is more used abroad than in America, 
of value in medicine, possessing cooling and anti-scorbutic prop- 
ties, and French physicians use it as a remedy for jaundice. The 
es are a dark green and much curled. 
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OETTER to hunt in fields for health unbought, 
Than fee the doctor' for a nauseous draught. 
The wise for cure on exercise depend, 
God never made His work for man to mend. 
—Dry den. 
TT7E own that numbers join with care and skill, 
* ' A temperate judgment, a devoted will; 
Men who suppress their feelings, but who feel 
The painful symptoms they delight to heal; 
Patient in all their trials, they sustain 
The starts of passion, the reproach of pain; 
With hearts affected, but with looks serene, 
Intent they wait through all the solemn scene, 
Glad if a hope should rise from nature’s strife 
To aid their skill and save a lingering life. 
— Crabbe. 
w IIEN nature cannot work, the effect of art is void, 
For physic can but mend our crazy state, 
Patch an old building, not a new create. 
— Dryden. 
TT E intent on somewhat that may ease 
Unhealthy mortals, and with curious search 
Examines all the properties of herbs. 
— "John Philips. 
'T'HE ingredients of health and long life are 
Great temperance, open air, 
Easy labor, little care. 
—Sir Philip Sidney. 
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/A MICKLE is the powerful grace that lies 
In plants, herbs, stones, and their true qualities. 
— Shakespeare. 
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