YOU ARE COLD. 
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YOUR PRESENCE REVIVES ME. 
ROSEMARY. 
This shrub yields by distillation a light 
pale essential oil of great fragrance, which is 
imparted to rectified spirit. It was formerly 
recommended for strengthening the ner¬ 
vous system, headachs, &c., as well as to 
strengthen the memory. Rosemary has also 
been made the emblem of fidelity, and used 
accordingly to be worn at weddings, and, on 
the same principle, at funerals. It is the 
principal ingredient in Hungary water, and 
is drank at tea for headachs, and by nervous 
persons. 
YOU ARE COLD. 
HORTENS1A. 
We have possessed this plant only for a 
short time. Although its corymbose flow¬ 
ers be alternately of white, purple, and violet 
colour, they have a brilliant effect in our 
drawing-rooms ; its cold and stately beauty 
quickly fades; — it is the image of a co¬ 
quette who, without grace and without the 
power which intellect confers, seeks to please 
only by her attention to her toilet. 
