Rosmarinus officinalis. Natural Order: Labiatce—Mint Family. 
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ITERALLY, Rosmarinus signifies, in Latin, sea-dew, and 
"Ahe name was no doubt given because of the fondness of this 
plant for the surf-beaten and spray-sprinkled sea shore, whence 
fyits aromatic odor, not unlike that of camphor, often greets the 
> gladdened mariner as he sails along the coast. It is an 
evergreen shrub, with blue flowers, growing spontaneously 
in China, Asia Minor, Spain, Italy, and portions of France. It yields, 
by distillation, a great quantity of odoriferous oil, with which the whole 
plant is highly impregnated. Rosemary was used by our forefathers 
as an emblem of fidelity, constancy, remembrance, and affection, and 
was distributed at weddings and funerals. 
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CHE plac’d it sad, with needless fear, 
^ Lest time should shake my wavering soul — 
Unconscious that her image there 
Held every sense in fast control. —Byroji. 
T THINK of thee when soft and wide 
The evening spreads her robes of light, 
And like a young and timid bride, 
Sits blushing in the arms of night: 
And when the moon’s sweet crescent springs 
In light o’er heaven’s wide, waveless sea, 
And stars are forth like blessed things, 
I think of thee—I think of thee. 
— George D. Prentice. 
'T'HERE’S not a look, a word of thine 
My soul hath e’er forgot; 
Thou ne’er hast bid a ringlet shine, 
Nor given thy locks one graceful twine, 
Which I remember not. —Moore. 
U)OSEMARIE i s f or remembrance 
v Between us day and night, 
Wishing that I might always have 
You present in my sight; 
And when I cannot have, 
(As I have said before,) 
Then Cupid, with his deadly dart, 
Doth wound my heart full sore. 
— Poem, 1384. 
