. Uncle Abner's legacy. Boneset Tansy Horehound Yarrow. Couch Grass PokeweedUseful Weeds Burdock THE REWARDS OF LABOR? 197 roots are used in medicine. The root, known tech-nically as Phytolacca, brings from two to five centsa pound and the dried berries are worth about fivecents a pound. They are both used in the treatmentof skin and blood diseases, for allaying pain andinflammation, and are poisonous. The despised mul-lein has leaves and flowers which are well knowndrugs but in order to sell the flowers they must beyellow and to retain this color they should be keptin tight jars or bottles af
. Uncle Abner's legacy. Boneset Tansy Horehound Yarrow. Couch Grass PokeweedUseful Weeds Burdock THE REWARDS OF LABOR? 197 roots are used in medicine. The root, known tech-nically as Phytolacca, brings from two to five centsa pound and the dried berries are worth about fivecents a pound. They are both used in the treatmentof skin and blood diseases, for allaying pain andinflammation, and are poisonous. The despised mul-lein has leaves and flowers which are well knowndrugs but in order to sell the flowers they must beyellow and to retain this color they should be keptin tight jars or bottles after drying as otherwisethey turn black. Mullein is used in curing catarrhand colds and for nervous irritation. The price ofthe leaves varies from two to five cents a pound andthe flowers sell for twenty-five cents to one dollara And to think that old sheep pastures just cov-ered with mullein, exclaimed Tom. Whats theuse of growing vegetables if you can make moneyfrom such things? Youd find it takes a great many leaves andflowers to make a poun
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