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An annual, growing wild in Battersea fields, and many other parts of this kingdom. It is usually sown in August, and stands the winter perfectly well; it is very similar to lettuce, and is a good substitute for it in the spring and winter seasons. COSTMARY Tanacetum Balsamita. Is used as a herb in salad. This is a perennial plant of easy culture. CRESS. Lepidium sativum.
Fennel-flower, which belongs to the natural order Ranunculaceæ, or crowfoot family, is a candidate for admission to the seed sodality; costmary and southernwood of the Compositæ seek membership with the leaf faction; rue of the Rutaceæ and tansy of the Compositæ, in spite of suspension for their boldness and ill-breeding, occasionally force their way back into the domain of the leaf herbs.
II. PERFUMES. Before, however, the hair received its final arrangement from the hands of the waiting maid, it was held open and dishevelled to receive the fumes of frankincense, aloes-wood, cassia, costmary and other odorous woods, gums, balsams, and spices of India, Arabia, or Palestine placed upon glowing embers, in vessels of golden fretwork.
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