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Show Tho common Mullein, regarded as but a common coarse wocd in this country, and so coni-mon coni-mon in floldB as to of ton provo a nuisanco, Is culti-vatediu culti-vatediu England for its beauty. A wrltor Jn tho Gardener's Ohroniclo says that it "is woll worth ' jH tho attention of both amateur and professional gar- jH doners." It soems that ifc is known in England by the common name- of "Aaron's Rod." There aro two roasons, says this writer, why it should bo call- od by thia name. First, tho Romans dipped tho stemsin tallow and burntthem at funerals. Second-ly, Second-ly, the simplo spike is loug, cylindrical, and on jt is a quantity of densely packed, voxy large,- 4iand- Bomo goldeu-ycllow ilowors. Tho oto'm is fivo feet jH high. The flowers, when driod In tho sun, give i out a fatty matter, which is used in Alsaco as a M j cataplasm in tho hemorrhoidal complaints. Form- Dfl erly tho plant waB called barbascum, from barba, meaning a beard, on allusion oithor to the shaggy nature of its foliago, or elso to two of tho flvesta- mens, which are hairy. A syrup made of mullein IcavoB and molasses is rocommondod as a certain jH euro for coldB on tho lungs. Florida Dispatch. ! .H . n mm AH |