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“ the mountain ash 
No eye can overlook, when ’mid a grove 
Of yet nnfaded trees she lifts her head, 
Decked with autumnal berries that outshine 
Spring’s richest blossoms; and ye may have marked, 
By a brook-side or solitary tarn, 
How she her station doth adorn; — the pool 
Glows at her feet, and all the gloomy rocks 
Are brightened round her.” 
Mullein. Verbciscum thapsus. 
Every reader is probably familiar with the white, soft, 
downy leaves, and slightly fragrant yellow flowers, crowded 
together on a large, clumsy stalk, which distinguish the 
mullein. It is emollient and gently astringent, and great use 
is made of the leaves in the country for fomentations and 
cataplasms. Gerarde calls it “ Cow’s Lungwort,” as it was 
thought to be of great use in pulmonary complaints of cattle. 
One species of mullein is said to be a strong anodyne, and 
to intoxicate fish. 
Onion. Allium cepa. 
There is evidence to show that the onion was known and 
esteemed in Egypt two thousand years before Christ. Ilhind 
says, “ Hasselquist, in a panegyric on the exquisite flavor 
of the Egyptian onion, remarks that it is no wonder the 
Israelites, after they had quitted then place of bondage, should 
have regretted the loss of this delicacy. The Egyptians 
divide them into four parts, and eat them roasted together 
