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Artemisia CXbrotlXUUin. Natural Order: Com posit cc — Aster Family. 
ATHER dense of growth, and of a height of from three to five 
feet, the Southernwood is a well-known shrubby plant quite 
frequently found in old fashioned gardens. The leaves are 
much divided, and the flowers are yellow, while a pleasant, 
bitter, aromatic odor pervades the whole plant. It is fre¬ 
quently called Old Man, and sometimes Boys’ Love. The 
botanical name of the genus is derived from Artemis, the Greek appel¬ 
lation of the chaste huntress and goddess, Diana; and the specific title 
abrotanum, which denotes the Southernwood proper as distinguished 
from other varieties of the Artemisia, is of uncertain derivation. This 
plant is possessed of tonic, narcotic and other medicinal properties, and 
is frequently used in domestic medicine, particularly in places remote 
from a pharmaceutist or physician. 
lasting. 
PERHAPS the jest that charm’d the sprightly crowd, 
A And made the jovial table laugh so loud, 
To some false notion owed its poor pretense. —Prior. 
T'RUE wit is nature to advantage dress’d, As shades more sweetly recommend the light, 
1 What oft was thought, but ne’er so well express’d; So modest plainness sets off sprightly wit; [good, 
Something, whose truth convinced at sight, we find; For works may have more wit than does them 
That gives us back the image of our mind. 
As bodies perish through excess of blood. 
— Pope. 
AS in smooth oil the razor best is whet, 
So wit is by politeness sharpest set; 
Their want of edge from their offense is seen; 
Both pain us least when exquisitely keen. 
— Tonus'. 
T T E cannot try to speak with gravity, 
But one perceives he wags an idle tongue; 
He cannot try to look demure, but, spite 
Of all he does, he shows a laughter’s cheek; 
He cannot e’en essay to walk sedate, 
But in his very gait one sees a jest, 
That’s ready to break out in spite of all 
His seeming. —Knowles. 
