. A tour round my garden . Natural history. LETTER XLIX. L'HERBE AU CHANTBE—RACINE—BOILEAU—SORCERERS—PLINT—HOMER —AND YELLOW GARLTC. Herb, now, is a plant whicli had. the honour of being the object of a correspondence between Racine and Boileau. Gardeners call it the yellow julienne; horticulturists, Velar de Sainte Barhe; savants, erysimum harharea; old women, herbe au chantre. It throws up, from a bunch of leaves shaped like a lyre, a stalk surmounted by a thyrsus of yellow flowers. It was formerly believed, even as late as the time of Louis XIV., that this herhe au chantre was, at least in
. A tour round my garden . Natural history. LETTER XLIX. L'HERBE AU CHANTBE—RACINE—BOILEAU—SORCERERS—PLINT—HOMER —AND YELLOW GARLTC. Herb, now, is a plant whicli had. the honour of being the object of a correspondence between Racine and Boileau. Gardeners call it the yellow julienne; horticulturists, Velar de Sainte Barhe; savants, erysimum harharea; old women, herbe au chantre. It throws up, from a bunch of leaves shaped like a lyre, a stalk surmounted by a thyrsus of yellow flowers. It was formerly believed, even as late as the time of Louis XIV., that this herhe au chantre was, at least in one of its varieties, a sovereign remedy in cases of extinction of the voice. We find in the correspondence of Racine and Boileau two letters, in which Racine recommends the syrup of erysimum to Boileau, who is visiting the waters of Bourbonne in order. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Karr, Alphonse, 1808-1890; Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. London : F. Warne ; New York : Scribner, Welford and Armstrong
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