rJatftosmia pahnata. Natural Order: Comftositcc — Aster Family. 
f N swamps or moist lowlands may be found the few plants 
known as Tussilago, or Coltsfoot. In the Tussilago farfara, 
^ we have the most common species. It is to be found chiefly 
on clayey soil in the Northern and Middle States. The flower 
appears singly, and is a many-rayed yellow head, borne on a 
scaly stalk about five or six inches high, and blossoming- 
before the leaves make their appearance. Another variety called Tus¬ 
silago by Aiton is now known as Nardosmia, from the two Greek 
words, ncirdos , meaning spikenard, and osme, smell, which plant it 
resembles in its fragrance. The flowers, which appear in May, are 
used in the manufacture of perfumery. The leaves are coarse, large 
and palmate, having a fancied resemblance to a colt’s foot, whence the 
common name. The scientific name is from the Latin tussis , a cough, 
because ot its long-recognized value as a cough remedy. Its aromatic 
properties were only discovered during the present century. 
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THE gods grow angry with your patience! ’Tis their care, 
And must be yours, that guilty men escape not; 
As crimes do grow, justice should rouse itself. —Jonson. 
IMPARTIAL justice holds her equal scales, 
Till stronger virtue does the weight incline; 
If over thee thy glorious foe prevails, 
He now defends the cause that once was thine. 
— Prior. 
\T ou are right, justice, and you weigh this well; 
Therefore still bear the balance and the sword: 
And I do wish your honors may increase, 
Till you do live to see a son of mine 
Offend you and obey you, as I did, 
So shall I live to speak my father’s words:— 
TF but one virtue did adorn a king, 
It would be justice; many great defects 
Are vail’d thereby—whereas each virtuous thing 
In one who is not just, the world suspects. 
—Karl of Sterling. 
Happy am I, that have a man so bold, 
That dares do justice on my proper son; 
And no less happy, having such a son 
That would deliver up his greatness so 
Into the hands of justice. 
— Shakespeare. 
