June 5.—We identified two interesting wild flowers on the lawn today. One was Prunella vulgaris, commonly known as self-heal: the erect flowering stems of this plant were almost square and very hairy, the purplish-blue flowers being set in a head which appeared almost too heavy for the stem, We looked up the plant in Culpepers Herbal and found that if it really does cure all the ills it is supposed to do, it has been well named. If it is mixed with syrup, and taken as prescribed, it will cure all "inward wounds": if li is made into a paste and applied externally, it will cure all "outward wounds." The plant will also cure headaches if mixed with oil of roses and applied to the forehead: "Tommy" thinks that the properties of the plant, good as they appear to be, would not be quite strong enough for some
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