| Show culture and use of herbs our readers have already perused one article on this subject from the pen of mr E sayers saye probably however all have not given it the attention it deserved in a famil family Y especially where there are children the use of yei yer herbs g with those skilled in using 7 them is found to be a panacea far more effectual and much les ies less liable to do injury than the no strums usually administered and procured from the druggis store which sometimes being found immoderately dru drugged cd have proved injurious if J not fatal herbs wisely and judiciously applied so far tar as their properties are commonly known possess qualities highly medicinal and do doubtless abt when they shall have been more generally known and introduced will chiefly su supersede er the use of mineral medicines as well as those poisonous mixtures prepared abroad and wholly unfit to be taken into the stomach either by man roan woman or child whether correct or not in our judgment C in this we do confidently anticipate the time when all poisonous minerals and drugs in the treatment odthe of the sick shall be discarded even in the world and when the leaves of the ther trees shall be used for the dealing healing 0 of the nations there are many native plants some oi of which are met with in our daily walks and commonly esteemed as useless weeds which are known to possess healing properties in certain forms of disease or in correcting 0 or removing obstructions etc The seif cultivated cured cure d and carefully put up at home in packages aes a Z es for future use would save many steps ia n going to and from the apothecary ls shop besides the cost of the prescription not an ii inconsiderable n item in this country and in the hands bands of the skillful nurse afford a cheap agreeable safe and speedy edy remedy for many of the ills to which flesh is heir when peradventure all the doctors opiates would fail fall we weare are no not fully aware to what extent herbs are cultivated in this city or in the various settlements throughout the territory but that there are persons who hold herbs in high estimation for their medicinal properties we are well aware we would that tha the number of this class were greatly increased and that with the increase odthe of the number of those who advocate the use of herbs in all cases where their use can be of any possible benefit there may also be a corresponding increase in knowledge relative to the nature and intrinsic beating heating in virtues to be found in the almost numberless varieties of herbs both native and exotic now gro growing growl wi in the territory nor would we stop there if there are in the old world plants of known excellence for foe medical uses so far as they can be procured let us have them thern brought 0 hither but pending this we suggest that those who are acquainted acquaint ed with the various species of 0 our herbs go to collect and cultivate them and when classified furnish us with a descriptive list toe tog together rether with the names understood fo 0 ail and the peculiar medicinal properties possess edby each that they may become known I 1 ank ana generally gln gen ge brally cultivated |
