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to be superior to the native variety. Before the Indies were 
discovered, sugar was made in considerable quantities in the 
islands of Sicily, Crete, Rhodes, and Cyprus, where it was 
supposed to have been carried by the Saracens. 
Sundew. Drosera. 
The word drosera means dewy. It is found in blossom late 
in the summer, in moist ground. In Crabbe’s Borough,— 
“ Our busy streets and sylvan walks between 
Fen, marshes, bog, and heath, all intervene; 
Here pits of crag, with spongy, plashy base, 
To some enrich th’ uncultivated space; 
For there are blossoms rare, and curious rush, 
The gale’s rich balm, and sundew’s crimson blush, 
Whose velvet leaf, with radiant beauty dressed, 
Forms a gay pillow for the plover’s breast.” 
Tansy. Tanacetum vulgare and crispum. 
The French anciently called this plant by the name of 
Athanasie, which became by corruption tansy. The curled 
leaves are not destitute of beauty, and send forth a strong but 
pleasant odor. On account of its intense bitterness, it was 
formerly eaten in puddings and otherwise at Easter, to sym¬ 
bolize the bitter herbs which the Jews were commanded to eat 
at the Passover. 
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