One has only to smell dried camomile flowers to find that their fragrance is that of hay meadows in an English June!

It is flavored with camomile blossoms, and is said to be a fine tonic for weak stomachs.

Camomile cures indigestion, and ash-tree buds make a stout man thin.

He wonders how the crop ever came up at all through the mass of weeds that choked it, the spurrey that filled the spaces between the stalks below, the bindweed that climbed up them, the wild camomile flowering and flourishing at the edge, the tall thistles lifting their heads above it in bunches, and the great docks whose red seeds showed at a distance.

Camomile preparations, too, are now so largely used in medicine and still keep their reputation for wholesome and soothing qualities that it has enjoyed for generations.

* Botanical A.B.C.The A.B.C. Daria is a name given to a plant of the camomile species.

The bottom of an old shoe," Which reminds us of the proverbial saying: "Like a camomile bed, The more it is trodden The more it will spread.

* * TAINTED MEAT Meat tainted to an extreme degree may be speedily restored by washing it in cold water, and afterwards in strong camomile tea; after which it may be sprinkled with salt, and used the following day; or if steeped and well washed in beer, it will make pure and sweet soup even after being fly-blown.