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Euphrasy, or Eyebright. Euphrasia officinalis. 
Milton wrote that,— 
“ Michael from Adam’s eyes the film removed 
Which that false fruit that promised clearer sight 
Had bred; then purged with euphrasy and rue 
The visual nerve, for he had much to see.” 
Eyebright was formerly applied externally and taken inter¬ 
nally, as a sovereign remedy for all affections of the eyes. 
As it is clearly impossible that one thing could cure so many 
different diseases, arising from various causes, endeavors have 
been made to ascertain the real virtues of the plant. The 
result seems to be, that it is valuable in cases of weakness 
of the eyes, produced by over-exertion, or in old age. 
Fennel Flower, Love in a Mist, Eady in the Green. Nigella 
damascena. 
The seeds of this curious flower (which gave it the name of 
nigella, from their blackness) are very pungent in the East, and 
