Valman. 
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Valerian. ...An accommodating Disposition. 
The Valerian was called by some of the old English 
writers the Setewale. It is generally found growing 
by ruined walls or buildings, and from the facility with 
which it propagates in these situations, it is made the 
emblem of an accommodating disposition. The root of 
the Valerian is considered a valuable remedy for many 
of those ailments which spring from luxurious living. 
It exerts a peculiar influence on the nervous system, 
revives the spirits, and strengthens the sight. The 
Valerian is too large and scrambling a plant to hold a 
place in the parterre of choice flowers. 
How much more happy is that sweet estate, 
That neither creeps too low nor soars too high; 
Which yields no matter for contempt or hate, 
Which others not disdain, nor yet envy, 
Which neither does nor takes an injury, 
But living to itself in sweet content, 
Is neither abject, nor yet insolent. 
1629. j Herbert. 
My country, sir, is not a single spot 
Of such a mould, or fixed to such a clime. 
Miller. 
