Chicken Tikka Masala Recipe

Chicken Tikka Masala Recipe

India is famous for its delicious chicken dishes and Chicken Tikka Masala is probably the most famous among them. The Hindi word "tikka" translates as "spicy" but when cooking it yourself you can always adjust the spicyness to your own taste - just use the chilli and the masala powder carefully! Chicken Tikka Masala is best served with some plain, boiled rice which will allow you to enjoy that wonderful gravy. Given here is the recipe:

The ingredients -

1 cup yogurt
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
4 teaspoons salt, or to taste
3 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces
4 long skewers

1 tablespoon butter
1 clove garlic, minced
1 jalapeno pepper, finely chopped
2 teaspoons ground cumin
2 teaspoons paprika
3 teaspoons salt, or to taste
1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro

In a large bowl, combine yogurt, lemon juice, 2 teaspoons cumin, cinnamon, cayenne, black pepper, ginger, and 4 teaspoons salt. Stir in chicken, cover, and refrigerate for 1 hour.

Preheat a grill for high heat.

Lightly oil the grill grate. Thread chicken onto skewers, and discard marinade. Grill until juices run clear, about 5 minutes on each side.

Melt butter in a large heavy skillet over medium heat. Saute garlic and jalapeno for 1 minute. Season with 2 teaspoons cumin, paprika, and 3 teaspoons salt. Stir in tomato sauce and cream. Simmer on low heat until sauce thickens, about 20 minutes. Add grilled chicken, and simmer for 10 minutes. Transfer to a serving platter, and garnish with fresh cilantro.

Bhel Puri Recipe

Bhel Puri Recipe

Not too many people know that bhel puri was innovated by the sindhi community. In fact, most people consider it to be a creation of the Maharastrians, as it is a popular snack sold on streets there. Here is a simple bhel puri recipe for all those who prefer to eat and serve homemade snacks:

The ingredients:

3 cups puffed rice
1 ½ cups of sev
1 finely chopped onion
2 finely chopped Tomatoes
¼ cup finely chopped raw mango
½ teaspoon turmeric powder
2 boiled and diced potatoes
1 finely chopped onion
¼ teaspoon red chilli powder
Salt to taste
Green chutney
Sweet-sour tamarind chutney

(Green chutney):

1 bunch coriander
6 green chillies
½ bunch mint leaves
Salt to taste
2-3 teaspoons of lemon juice.

Blend the abovementioned ingredients in a grinder, adding some water to make a paste. Keep it in the fridge.

(Sweet-sour tamarind chutney):

1 cup of Tamarind extract
½ cup dates
1 Tablespoon of brown sugar
2 teaspoon cumin powder
2 Teaspoon chilli powder
Salt to taste

Boil the above ingredients together till the mixture becomes half of its actual quantity. Then cool it. After it is cooled blend into a paste in a grinder.

The Bhel Puri:

Mix all the ingredients mentioned in the bhel puri ingredients list, along with both the chutneys. It is ready to serve.

Dal Makhani Recipe

Dal Makhani Recipe

Though there are number of dal recipes, one those that people enjoy most is dal makhani. This is made with sabut urad dal (black moong dal) and rajma (red kidney beans). Given here is the easy to prepare dal makhani recipe:

The ingredients:

1 ½ cups sabut urad dal (black moong dal)
½ cup rajma
2 small finely chopped onions
1 tomato finely chopped
Finely chopped ginger
3 finely chopped green chilies
Finely chopped coriander
Garlic paste
½ cup blended curd
½ cup fresh cream
1teaspoon jeera
½ teaspoon turmeric powder
½ teaspoon garam masala
½ teaspoon red chili powder
½ teaspoon dhania powder
Salt to taste

Soak the dal and rajma in water for the entire night. The next day put the dal and rajma into a pressure-cooker along with 2 cups of water and salt, and let is cook for 25 minutes. Then mash this mixture and let it boil for another 20 minutes. Then add the curd and cream. In another cooking pan heat oil and add the cumin seeds and garlic paste, then add the onions and cook till it becomes light brown. Then add the ginger, green chilies and tomatoes and cook till tomatoes become soft. Then add all the spice powders and cook for 2-3 minutes. Add the dal blend and stir. Bring the entire mixture to a boil. It is ready to serve.

Paratha Recipe

Paratha Recipe

North Indians rarely like their rotis plain. Instead they prefer them stuffed with various vegetables. These stuffed Indian breads are known as parathas. They can be eaten for breakfast, lunch or dinner, either with a vegetable or dal or then with some curds. Given here is the aloo paratha recipe (any other finely chopped vegetable can be stffed instead such as onions, cauliflower, radish, cabbage, carrots, French beans; as well as dals that are cooked dry):

The ingredients:

3 cups of wheat flour
2 mashed potatoes
Ghee
Finely chopped coriander leaves
3 finely chopped green chilies
Finely chopped ginger
1 teaspoon of mango powder
1 teaspoon of chili powder

Knead the flour into dough and keep aside. Then place the mashed potatoes in a separate dish and all other ingredients except for the ghee. Then roll out the dough into medium thick circles. Stuff some the potato mix into this and make a ball. Then roll this out till flat. Grease a hot tava with ghee and place the stuffed dough over it and let it roast. Remove from the tava and repeat the same with rest of the dough.

Pakora Recipe

Pakora Recipe

Thinking of something to prepare for snack time? Well, here is a delicious and quick recipe. This is one hit snack during the rains and is enjoyed even more with a steaming hot cup of tea. The pakora is made from chickpea flour with a variety of vegetables such as onions, potatoes, brinjal, large green chillies, as well as with bread. Given here is a basic pakora recipe:

The ingredients:

1 cup chickpea flour (besan)
Oil
1 teaspoon ground cumin
Salt to taste
2 finely chopped green chillies
½ cup Water
1 finely sliced potato
1 onion chopped length-wise

Mix the chickpea flower into the water and add the salt, chillies and cumin. Dip the slices of potato one by one into this semi-liquid batter and then deep fry them. Similarly dip the sliced onions in the batter and deep fry them. These can be served with ketchup or chutney.

Aloo Gobi Recipe

Aloo Gobi Recipe

Punjabis and Sindhis are known to relish every dish made with potatoes. However, on of their favorite recipes is that of aloo gobi (potato and cauliflower). It can be made in a coupe of variations. Given here is an authentic aloo gobi recipe:

The ingredients:

1 cauliflower chopped to medium size
4 potatoes chopped into medium size cubes
1 onion chopped length-wise
1 Teaspoon ginger-garlic paste
Salt to taste
½ Teaspoon turmeric powder
2 Teaspoon cumin powder
2 Teaspoon coriander powder
2 Teaspoon red chili powder
1 Teaspoon garam masala powder
Oil

Heat oil in the cooking dish and add the onions. Cook till it is golden brown. Add the ginger-garlic paste, stir for a few minutes. Then add the potato and stir till it blends into the onions and the paste. Cover till the potatoes are half cooked. Then add the cauliflower pieces. Then add all the spices and and mix properly. Then leave to cook for ten to fifteen minutes.

About Rose

Rose like

All roses symbolize love, but certain colours of roses can take on special meanings. Opinions vary on the many meanings of roses, but here are some of the more common:

• Rose (Austrian) You are all that is lovely

• Rose (bridal) Happy love

• Rose (burgundy) Unconscious beauty

• Rose (cabbage) Ambassador of love

• Rose (Carolina) Love is dangerous

• Rose (China) Beauty always new

• Rose (damask) Beauty ever new; Young and brilliant

• Rose (deep red) Bashful shame

• Rose (deep-red) Admiration; Bashful; Embarrassment

• Rose (full-blown) Engagement

• Rose (guilder) Age; Winter

• Rose (half-blown) Timid love

• Rose (jacqueminot) I am true

• Rose (Japan) Beauty is your only attraction; Illusion

• Rose (marechal niel) Yours; Heart and soul

• Rose (montiflora) Grace

• Rose (moss) Superior; Confessions of love

• Rose (musk) Capricious beauty

• Rose (red) Unity; Romantic love, Respect, Courage

• Rose (rock) Popular favor

• Rose (thorn-less) Love at first sight; Ingratitude

• Rose (white) I am worthy of your love; Silence; Innocent love

• Rose (white, withered) I am in despair

• Rose (wild) Charming simplicity

• Rose (yellow) Friendship, Decrease of Love; Jealousy; Try to Care; Let us forget; Love is waning; Joy, Gladness, Freedom

• Rose (York and Lancaster) Conflict

• Rosebud Beauty; Youth; A heart innocent of Love

• Rosebud (red) Inclined to love; Pure and lovely

• Rosebud (white) Too young to love, Reverence, Purity, Secrecy

• Rose-leaf You may hope

Two Roses Joined Together - Engagement

Red and White Roses Together - Unity

Love story Victorian Bazzar

Love story Victorian Bazzar

Her given name was Blythe Anne Goodwin, and in her mind’s eye, she was a “lady” now, in every sense of the word. For, at last, she had reached her eighteenth birthday! What jollity was clamoring within the innermost reaches of her heart! Today, of all days, there was a glow about her as warm as the mellowing embers. With auburn hair, skin that resembled that of a porcelain doll, a voluptuous form and cheeks that hinted a natural blush, she was no less than captivating. And, the moment for which she had long been awaiting will have finally arrived. Just a few more hours---eight down to the count---spent in breathless wonderment, and then, she would know!

It had been some time since her cousin, Beth Willingham, of whom she was so fond, had sent word of a gentleman friend that, indeed, had expressed a desire to meet her in person. Beth had told her only that his name is Thomas Seymour, a refined and “well to do” gentleman, and, that he was already an admirer! Yet, how could this be? For, within her own deepest thoughts she was far from the beauty one would travel many miles to gaze upon. Nevertheless, it was this “lowliness of mind and heart” that was seated at the center of her grace and loveliness. Could he, from dearest Beth’s description alone have drawn this solemn conclusion? How ever would she meet his expectations? Furthermore, would he meet hers? They were due to be arriving by the dinner hour!

There was yet preparation to be done. Her satin day gown needed to be readied, for it had been purchased and hung hopefully in her wardrobe since Beth’s mere mention of his name. There were the accessories to be chosen and her long tresses to be done in a style that was befitting a lady about to be introduced to a gentleman caller. The house needed its final touches, although mother and she had given more than the usual attention to its cleanliness. Also, she must not forget the freshly cut flowers! As she hurried down the staircase, she nearly stumbled over the vase she had placed there earlier from the cupboard. “This was no time to entertain clumsiness,” she thought. “I am about to meet the man of my dreams and ...and, I am as unsteady as a newly born colt! I must somehow find it within myself to gain my composure!”

She headed for the garden and, as the heat of the morning sun’s rays fell gently upon her arms, she felt a tingling. Could this be the sensation she would feel, as fleeting thoughts of his arms around hers passed through her mind? In daydream, Blythe gathered the floral assortment as quickly as she could, and sped back up the garden path through the door and hurriedly placed the flowers in the vase. “I shall wear one of these burgundy roses in my hair, for their scent is that of the gods!” she bellowed loudly. “What is that you say Blythe?” her mother called from the kitchen. “Oh, nothing at all, mother” she atoned. “Can you help me with my tresses after I have bathed?”

Just then, Rebecca, her sister who was five years younger than she peeked around the banister. “You had better wear the whole bouquet if you want to catch a man,” she jeered. “Oh, go catch a lowly sparrow!” Blythe quipped in dismay. “My whole life lies within the outcome of this day, and you make little of me!” she added. Rebecca sneered as she turned away and ran to the kitchen to see what mother and the maid had prepared for dinner.

Time passed by quickly and it was almost time for Beth, her brother Derrick and Thomas Seymour to arrive. Blythe gently gathered her cherished gown of green satin and carefully put it on, making certain that her petticoats were out of sight and her bodice was not too revealing. When she was satisfied with the look of her gown, she perched upon the seat of her dressing table, and reached for her hand mirror with apprehension. “Oh, I do hope he is easy to please,” she thought as she glanced at the cascading tresses and the splendid rose in her hair. “What if though, he would have me resemble Godiva!” she grimaced as she fondled one of her curls. “Well, I must be of positive thought and just keep in mind, that ‘beauty is as beauty does’!” she thought reassuringly.

It was not long thereafter that a knock came at the door and all three guests entered. “Let me take your cloaks, and your cape, my dear ones. How good it is to see you once again,” Master Goodwin said, as he kissed his niece on the cheek. “And, you my boy,” he said to Derrick, “are already a man---a dandy one at that!” “Thank you, my uncle, and you are looking very well yourself!” he replied, as they shook hands strongly. “And let us introduce to you all our good friend Thomas Seymour,” he said with pride. Thomas shook Lord Goodwin’s hand, and bowed genteelly to Lady Goodwin and Rebecca. “My pleasure to meet you sir and my fair ladies,” he said warmly, as he held a fabulous bouquet of deepest pink cabbage roses intended for Blythe. He handed Lady Goodwin one of the roses and said politely, “for you my lady.”

Lady Goodwin curtseyed with a smile. Then, Blythe’s father escorted them into the sitting room. As they all were seated he added, “and let us all have a spot of tea. Do rest your weary bones as we converse, for you must all be exhausted from your journey.” They talked for a while.

Blythe was listening at the top of the staircase and could hardly contain herself. “His voice is so...so ‘manly’; I wonder if, he’s tall or short, dark haired or fair, stout or slender,” she thought cajolingly.

After a time, Master Goodwin spoke up, “Rebecca, will you kindly let your sister know that our guests are waiting for her?” “But, of course, father,” Rebecca replied respectfully. And, as she stood up, her squozen tea bag tumbled to the floor and rested upon Thomas’ shoe. Everyone giggled as Rebecca excused herself and made a beeline for the stairs. When she reached the top, she whispered to Blythe, “Your Prince Charming has arrived and is awaiting your presence,” she snickered. “Oh, Rebecca, don’t be impudent, and you had better not spoil things,” she warned. “I have waited to time indefinite for this day to come!”

Descending the stairs, Blythe tried to steady her quivering knees. She reached the bottom and ever so ladylike, entered the room. The gentlemen rose and Beth ran over and gave her cousin a hug. “We have waited so long to see you, Blythe, and don’t you look simply stunning!” Blythe responded, “ Oh, thank you, and it is so grand to see you once again!” Over Beth’s shoulder she caught Thomas’ eye and her cheeks immediately began to turn bright pink. “He is so dashingly handsome, a man of stature and a perfect gentleman as well, ” she thought trying not to reveal her embarrassment. Derrick took Thomas’ arm and led him to the doorway. He hugged his cousin and said, “Blythe we would like for you to meet our good friend, Thomas Seymour.”

Thomas had a gleam in his eye. The sunset’s amber rays shone through the expanse of the window and fell upon Blythe’s curvaceous silhouette and what appeared to be hair of “gold,” her “crowning glory”. “It is my utmost pleasure to know you my lady!” he replied as he offered her the exquisite bouquet and softly kissed her outreached hand. “These roses cannot compare with the beauty I see before me.” Blythe was ecstatic! Never had she been spoken to in such a manner, nor had she ever experienced such exultation!

Confidently she replied, “You speak as the poets...you are too kind, my sir, and I thank you for these magnificent roses! Rebecca, darling, would you mind getting the cut glass vase from the cupboard?” she asked. “Not at all, my sister,” Rebecca retorted pretentiously.

Everyone could clearly perceive that this was a match made in heaven; and as Lady Goodwin beckoned her guests to dinner, the pair hesitated and slowly walked side by side falling well behind the others. It was as if they had known each other forever. “Do you believe in ‘love at first sight’ Blythe?” Thomas asked in a whisper, as he leaned closely to her ear. “I suppose I do,” she said coyly. “ And, may I be so bold as to say that your hair smells ‘divine’ ?” he continued. Blythe smiled, reminiscent of her own comment when she had retreated earlier from the garden.

She pondered a moment and as she removed her gloves, she exclaimed, “I think that I shall pinch myself that I may awaken and this moment will all have been a spectacular dream!” “This is no dream, my lady, yet, now I must believe that dreams actually do come true,” he replied. Blythe agreed, “and so must I,” and in wonder she added, “from where does this harmony come and in such little time?” Thomas conceded, “but I have known this day of long ago when I was first given your name,” for it means mirthful, does it not?” “Why yes,” hesitatingly Blythe offered, “and would it be too unwitting of me to divulge that in daydream I had presumed myself quite often to be Lady Seymour?” He smiled as he stared deeply into her eyes, and gently took her hand. “Come, we will warrant much distain if the dinner gets cold,” he told her softly. And then, he escorted her to the dining table. As they were seated, everyone smiled in approval... with the exception of Rebecca, who was ravenous and staring at the chandelier in boredom...

Flowers of Alphabetical

Flower of Alphabetical

A APPLE BLOSSOM - Preference, Better Things to Come, Good Fortune ARBUTUS - Thee Only Do I Love ARUM - Ardor ASPARAGUS FERN - Fascination ASPHODEL - My Regrets Follow You to the Grave ASTER - Symbol of Love, Daintiness, Talisman of Love ASTER (CHINA) - Fidelity, Variety, I Will Think of Thee AZALEA - Take Care, Temperance, Fragile, Passion, Chinese Symbols of Womanhood B BABY'S BREATH - Innocence, Pure of Heart BACHELOR BUTTON - Single blessedness, Celibacy BALM - Sympathy BALSAM - Ardent Love BEGONIA - Beware, A Fanciful Nature BELLS OF IRELAND - Good luck BIRD OF PARADISE - Often given today from a woman to man as a symbol of faithfulness BITTERSWEET - Truth BLACK BRYONT/LADY'S SEAL - Be My Support BLUEBELL/BELL FLOWER - Humility, Constancy, Gratitude BROOM - Humility, Neatness BUCK BEAN - Calm repose BUTTERCUP - Childishness, Riches C CACTUS - Endurance, My Heart Burns with Love CALYCANTHUS/CAROLINA ALLSPICE/SWEET SHRUB - Benevolence CALLA LILY - Magnificent Beauty CAMELLIA - Admiration, Perfection, Good Luck Gift for a Man, Gratitude CAMELLIA (PINK) - Longing CAMELLIA (RED) - You're a flame in my heart CAMELLIA (WHITE) - Adoration, Perfection, Loveliness CANDYTUFT - Indifference CANTERBURY BELLS/BELL FLOWER - Gratitude CARDINAL FLOWER/SCARLET LOBELIA - Distinction CARNATION (GENERAL) - Fascination, Devoted Love CARNATION (PINK) - I'll never forget you, Women's Love CARNATION (RED) - My heart aches for you, Admiration CARNATION (DEEP RED) - Alas! for my poor heart CARNATION (PURPLE) - Capriciousness CARNATION (SOLID COLOR) - Yes CARNATION (STRIPED) - No, Refusal, Sorry I can't be with you, Wish I could be with you CARNATION (WHITE) - Sweet & Lovely, Innocence, Pure Love, Woman's Good Luck Gift CARNATION (YELLOW) - Disapointment, Rejection CATCHFLY (RED) - Youthful Love, I Fall Victim CATTAIL - Peace, Prosperity CATTLEYA - Mature charms CEDAR - I live but for thee, Think of Me CELANDINE/PILEWORT/FIGWORT - Future Joy CHAMOMILE/GOLDEN MARGUERITE/ANTHEMIS - Energy in Action CHERRY BLOSSOM (SINGLE) - Education CHICKWEED - I Cling to Thee CHICORY - Frugality CHRISTMAS ROSE/HELLEBORUS - Relieve My Anxiety CHRYSANTHEMUM (GENERAL) - Abundance & Wealth, Cheerfulness, You're a wonderful friend CHRYSANTHEMUM (RED) - Love CHRYSANTHEMUM (WHITE) - Truth CHRYSANTHEMUM (YELLOW) - Slighted Love CINQUEFOIL - Beloved Child CLEMATIS - Artifice (ingenuity) CLOVER (FOUR-LEAF) - Be Mine CLOVER (WHITE) - Think of Me CLOVER (RED) - Industry COLCHICUM (MEADOW SAFFRON) - My Best Days Fled COLUMBINE (PURPLE) - Resolved to Win COLUMBINE (RED) - Anxious COMPASS FLOWER - Faith CONVOLVUS MINOR/BINDWEED - Uncertainty CORCHORUS - Impatience of Happiness COREOPSIOS - Always Cheerful CORNFLOWER - Delicacy, refinement, CORONILLA/CROWN VETCH - Success to You COWSLIP - Rusticity, Winning Grace, Healing, Youth, Pensiveness COXCOMB - Foppery, Unfading Love CROCUS - Cheerfulness, Abuse not, Gladness CROWN IMPERIAL/FRITILLARIA - Majesty CYCLAMEN - Resignation and Good-Bye D DAFFODIL - Regard, Unrequited Love, Sunshine, Respect, The sun shines when I'm with you DAFFODIL (YELLOW ) - Chivalry DAHLIA - Dignity and Elegance, Forever Thine DAISY - Innocence, Loyal Love, I'll Never tell, Purity, Beauty DAISY OX-EYE - Patience DAISY (RED) - Beauty Unknown to Possessor DANDELION - Faithfulness, Happiness, Love's oracle DAPHANE CNEORUM/ROSE DAPHANE - I Desire to Please DAPHANE ODORA/WINTER DAPHANE - I Would Not Have You Otherwise DRACAENA/DRAGON'S BLOOD/DRAGON LILY - Inner Power DEAD LEAVES - Sadness DELPHINIUM - Big-Hearted, Fun DILL - Lust DIOSMA - Your Simple Elegance Charms Me DOG ROSE - Pleasure and Pain DOGWOOD (FLOWERING) - Am I Indifferent to You? DRAGON ROOT/GREEN DRAGON (Arum draconium) - Ardor E EDELWEISS/ALPINE CUDWEED - Daring, Courage, Noble Purity EGLANTINE/SWEET-BRIAR/ROSA EGLANTARIA - Poetry, I Wound to Heal ELDER FLOWER - Zeal ENDINE - Frugality EPIGAEA, REPENS/MAYFLOWER/TRAILING ARBUTUS - Budding EUPATORIUM/HARDY AGERATUM - Delay EREMURUS - Endurance EUPHORBIA - Persistence EVERLASTING - Never Ceasing Memory F FERN - Magic, Fascination, Confidence, Shelter FERN (MAIDENHAIR) - Secret bond of love, Discretion FERN (ROYAL) - Reverie FILBERT - Reconciliation FIR - Time FLAX - Domestic Symbol FLORA'S BELL - Without Pretension FLOWERING REED - Confide in Heaven FORGET ME NOT - True Love, Memories FORSYTHIA - Anticipation FOXGLOVE/FAIRY THIMBLES/DEAD MEN'S BELLS - Stateliness, Youth FOXTAIL GRASS - Sporting FRAXINELLA/CULTIVATED DITTANY/GAS PLANT - Fire FREESIA - Innocence, Trust FUCHSIA (SCARLET) - Confiding Love, Taste FURZE - Love for All Occasions G GARDENIA - You're lovely, Secret love, Purity, Refinement GARLIC - Courage, Strength, Get well, Ward Off Evil & Illness GENETIAN (FRINGED) - Intrinsic Worth, I Look to Heaven, Autumn GENTIAN (CLOSED) - Sweet Be Thy Dreams GERANIUM - True Friend, Stupidity, Folly GERANIUM (APPLE) - Present Preference GERANIUM (IVY) - Your Hand for Next Dance GERANIUM (LEMON) - Unexpected Meeting GERANIUM (NUTMEG) - I Expect a Meeting GERANIUM (OAK-LEAVED) - True Friendship, Lady, Deign to Smile GERANIUM (PENCILED) - Ingenuity GERANIUM (ROSE) - Preference GERANIUM (SCARLET) - Consolation, Melancholy GERANIUM (SILVER-LEAF) - Recall GERBERA - Innocence GLADIOLI - Generosity, I'm sincere, Flower of the gladiators GLOBE AMARANTH - Unfading Love GLOXINIA - Love at first sight GINGER - Strength GOLDEN-ROD - Be cautious, Encouragement GOOSEBERRY - Anticipation GOOSEFOOT - Goodness GORSE - Endearing Affection GRASS - Submission GRASS/CITRONELLA/CAMEL GRASS/LEMON GRASS/GINGER GRASS - Homosexual Love GUELDER ROSE/SNOWBALL - Winter H HAREBELL/CAMPANULA - Humility, Grief HEART'S EASR/PURPLE/JOHNNY JUMP UP - You Occupy My Thoughts HEPATICA (Anemone nobilis) - Confidence HEATHER (LAVENDER) - Admiration, Solitude HEATHER (WHITE) - Protection, Wishes will come true HELIOTROPE - Devotion HENBANE - For Males to Attract Love from Females HIBISCUS - Consumed by Love, Delicate Beauty HOLLY - Defense, Domestic Happiness, Am I forgotten HOLLYHOCK - Fruitfulness HOLLYHOCK (WHITE) - Female Ambition HONESTY/LUNARIA/DOLLAR PLANT/MONEY PLANT - Sincerity HONEYFLOWER - Sweet, Secret love, Generous Affection, Sweetness of Disposition HONEYSUCKLE - The Bond of Love HONEYSUCKLE (CORAL) - I Love You HOUSTONIA/BLUET/QUAKER LADIES - Content HOYA/WAX PLANT - Sculpture HUCKLEBERRY - Faith, Simple Pleasures HYACINTH (GENERAL) - Games & Sports, Rashness, Flower dedicated to Apollo HYACINTH (BLUE) - Consistency HYACINTH (PURPLE) - Sorry, Please forgive me, Sorrow HYACINTH (RED OR PINK) - Playful Joy HYACINTH (WHITE) - Unobtrusive Loveliness, I'll pray for you HYACINTH (YELLOW) - Jealousy HYDRANGEA - Thank you for understanding, frigidity, heartlessness I IPOMACA - I Attach Myself to You INDIAN CRESS/NASTURTIUM - Resignation IRIS - Faith, Wisdom, Promise in Love, Hope, Wisdom & Valor IRIS (YELLOW) - Passion IRIS (GERMAN) - Flame IVY - Wedded Love, Fidelity, Friendship, Affection IVY (SPRIG OF WHITE TENDRILS)- Anxious to please, Affection J JAPONICA - Sincerity, Symbol of Love JASMINE (INDIAN) - Attachment JASMINE (SPANISH) - Sensuality JASMINE (YELLOW) - Modesty, Grace, Elegance JASMINE (WHITE) - Amiability JERUSALEM OAK - Your Love is Reciprocated JONQUIL - Love Me, Affection Returned, Desire, Sympathy K KENNEDIA - Intellectual Beauty L LADY'S SLIPPER - Win me, Capricious Beauty LANTANA - Rigor LARKSPUR - Levity, An Open Heart, Lightness LAURISTINUS - Cheerful in Adversity LAVENDER - Love, Devotion, LEMON BLOSSOM - Fidelity in Love; I Promise to be True LILAC (GENERAL) - Beauty, Pride LILAC (PURPLE) - First emotions of love LILAC (WHITE) - Youthful Innocence LILY (GENERAL) - Majesty & Honor, Purity of Heart LILY (ORANGE) - Hatred, Dislike LILY (WHITE) - Virginity, Purity, Majesty, It's Heavenly to be with You, Youth LILY (YELLOW) - I'm Walking On Air, False, Gay, Gratitude LILY (CALLA) - Beauty LILY (DAY) - Coquetry, Chinese Emblem For Mother LILY (EUCHARIS) - Maiden Charms LILY (TIGER) - Wealth, Pride, Prosperity LILY OF THE VALLEY - Sweetness, Tears Of The Virgin Mary, Happiness, Humility LIVERWORT - Confidence LOVE IN A MIST - You Puzzle Me LOVE-LIES-BLEEDING/AMARANTHUS - Hopeless, Not Heartless, Desertion LOTUS - Estranged love, Forgetful of the Past LUCERNE - Life LUNGWORT - Thou Art My Life LUPINE - Imagination LYCHNIS/CAMPION/MALTESE CROSS - Religious Enthusiasm M MAGNOLIA - Nobility, Perseverance, Nobility MAGNOLIA (CHINESE) - Love of Nature MALLOW - Delicate Beauty, Sweetness MARIGOLD (COMMON) - Pretty Love, Sacred,Affection, Caress, Sorrow MARJORAM - Joy, Happiness MARVEL OF PERU/FOUR O' CLOCK - Timidity MEADOW SAFFRON - My Best Days Are Gone MIGNONETTE - Your qualities Surpass your Charms, Health MEZEREON - Desire to Please MILK VETCH - Your presence softens my pain MIMOSA - Secret Love MINT - Virtue MISTLETOE - Kiss me, Affection, Difficulties, Sacred plant of India, MONKSHOOD - Beware, Danger is near MOUSE-EAR CHICKWEED - Simplicity MORNING GLORY - Affection MOSS - Maternal Love, Charity MOTHERWORT - Secret Love MOONWORT/HONESTY - Forgetfulness MUGWORT/WORMWOOD - Tranquility, Happiness MULLEIN - Good Nature MYRTLE - Love, Joy, Hebrew Emblem of marriage MYRTLE (WAX) - Discipline, Instruction N NARCISSUS - Formality, Stay As Sweet As You Are NASTURTIUM - Conquest, Victory In Battle NUTS - Stupidity O OAK LEAVES - Bravery OLEANDER - Caution OLIVE BRANCH - Peace ORANGE BLOSSOM - Innocence, Eternal Love, Marriage, Fruitfulness ORANGE, MOCK - Deceit ORCHID - Love, Beauty, Refinement, Chinese Symbol for Many Children, Thoughtfulness ORCHID (CATTLEYA) - Mature Charm P PALM LEAVES - Victory & Success PANSY - Merriment, Thoughts (You Occupy My Thoughts) PARSLEY - Useful Knowledge PASSION FLOWER - Faith, Religious Fervor PASQUE FLOWER - Unpretentious, You Have No Claims PEAR - Affection PEACH BLOSSOM - I am your Captive PEONY - Shame, Happy Marriage, Compassion, Bashfulness PEPPERMINT - Cordiality PERIWINKLE/VINCA/MYRTLE - Early Recollections, Pleasures of Memories, Sweet Memories PETUNIA - Your Presence Soothes Me PHEASANT'S EYE/ADONIS - Sorrowful Memories PHLOX - Our souls are united, Unanimity PIMPERNEL/POOR MAN'S WEATHER GLASS - Change PINE - Hope, Pity PINK- Pure Affection PINK (MOUNTAIN) - You Are Aspiring POPPY (GENERAL) - Eternal Sleep, Oblivion, Imagination POPPY (RED) - Pleasure POPPY (WHITE) - Consolation POPPY (YELLOW ) - Wealth, Success POMEGRANATE FLOWER - Elegance PRIDE OF CHINA - Dissension PRIMROSE - I Can't Live Without You, Woman PRIMROSE (EVENING) - Inconstancy PRIMROSE (RED) - Unpatronized Merit PRINCE'S FEATHER - Unfading Love PUSSY WILLOW - Motherhood Q QUAKING GRASS - Agitation R RAGGED-ROBIN - Wit RANUNCULUS - I am Dazzled by your Charms REEDS - Music RHUBARB - Advice RHODODENDRON - Danger, Beware, I am Dangerous ROSE (BRIDAL) - Happiness ROSE (BURGANDY) - Unconscious Beauty ROSE (CHRISTMAS)- Relieve my anxiety ROSE (CORAL) - Desire ROSE (DAMASK) - Freshness, Persian Ambassador of Love ROSE (DARK CRIMSON) - Mourning ROSE (DOG) - Pleasure & Pain ROSE (GREEN) - I am from Mars ROSE (HIBISCUS) - Delicate, Beauty ROSE (LEAF) - You may Hope ROSE (LAVENDER) - Enchantment ROSE (ORANGE) - Fascination ROSE (PINK) - Perfect Happiness, Secret Love, Grace & Sweetness, Indecision ROSE (DARK PINK) - Thankfulness ROSE (PALE PINK) - Grace, Joy ROSE (PEACH) - Immortality, Modesty ROSE (RED) - Love, I love you, Respect, Beauty ROSE (DEEP RED) - Bashful, Shame ROSE (TEA) - I'll Remember - Always ROSE (THORNLESS) - Love at first sight, Early Attachment ROSE (WHITE) - Innocence, Purity, Humility, I am Worthy of You, Secrecy, Silence ROSE (WHITE & RED TOGETHER) - Unity, Flower Emblem of England ROSE (WHITE-DRIED) - Death is Preferable to Loss of Virtue ROSE (YELLOW) - Joy, Jealousy, Friendship (one yellow rose with 11 red ones means love & passion) ROSEBUD - Beauty & Youth, A Heart Innocent of Love ROSEBUD (RED) - Pure & Lovely ROSEBUD (WHITE) - Girlhood, Heart Ignorant of Love ROSEBUD (MOSS) - Confessions of Love ROSES (Bouquet of full bloom) - Gratitude ROSES (Single full bloom) - I truly love you, Simplicity. ROSES (GARLAND or CROWN OF) - Beware of Virtue, Reward of Merit, Symbol of Superior Merit ROSE (MUSK CLUSTER) - Charming ROSE-OF-SHARON - Consumed by Love ROSEMARY - Remembrance RUSH/HORSE-TAIL - Docility S SAGE - Wisdom, Great Respect, Speedwell Female Fidelity SATIN-FLOWER - Sincerity SENSITIVE PLANT - Timidity SHAMROCK - Lightheartedness SLOE - Difficulty, AusteritySMILAX - Loveliness SNAPDRAGON - Gracious Lady, Strength SNOWBALL - Thoughts of Heaven SNOWDROP - Hope, Consolation SPEARMINT - Warm Sentiment SPIDER FLOWER - Elope with me SOLIDAGO - Success STAR OF BETHLEHEM - Atonement, Reconciliation STARWORT - Welcome to a Stranger STEPHANOTIS - Marital Happiness, Desire to Travel STOCK- Bonds of Affection, Promptness, You'll Always Be Beautiful to Me STONECROP - Tranquility STRAW FLOWER - Agreement STRAW (BROKEN) - Broken agreement SYTINGIA/MOCK ORANGE/LILAC - Memory SUNFLOWER (TALL) - False riches, Pride SUNFLOWER ( DWARF) - Adoration SWEETPEA - Good-by, Departure, Blissful Pleasure, Thank You for a Lovely Time SWEET-SULTAN - Felicity, Happiness SWEET-WILLIAM - Grant me one smile, Gallantry T TEASEL (Dipscaus) - Misanthropy THORNAPPLE - I dreamed of thee THRIFT (ARMERIA) - Sympathy TRAVELER'S JOY - Rest, Safety TRUMPET FLOWER/ANGEL'S TRUMPET/DATURA - Separation TULIP (GENERAL) - Perfect Lover, Fame, Flower Emblem of Holland TULIP (RED) -Believe me, Declaration of Love TULIP (VARIEGATED) - Beautiful eyes TULIP (YELLOW) - There's Sunshine In Your Smile TURNIP - Charity V VALERIAN - Accommodating Disposition VENUS FLYTRAP - Caught at Last VENUS' LOOKING GLASS - Flattery VERBENA - Pray for me, Sensibility VERONICA SPEEDWELL - Fidelity VERVAIN - Enchantment VINE - Intoxicating VIOLET - Modesty, Virtue, Affection VIOLET (BLUE) - Watchfulness, Faithfulness, Love VIOLET (WHITE) - Let's Take A Chance On Happiness VIRGIN'S BOWER/CLEMATIS - Filial Love (Filial: referring to a son or daughter) VISCARIA - Will You Dance With Me? W WALL FLOWER/GILLY FLOWER - Faithful in Adversity, Fidelity, Lasting Beauty WINDFLOWER - Sincerity, Symbol of Love WINTERGREENS - Harmony WISTERIA - Welcome WITCH HAZEL - A spell WOLFBANE/ACONITE/TURK'S CAP/FRIAR'S CAP/BEAR'S FOOT - Misanthropy, Chivalry, Knight WOODBINE - Fraternal Love WORMWOOD/ARTEMISIA - Absence, Do not be discouraged Y YARROW - Cure for heartache Z ZEPHYR FLOWER- Sincerity, Symbol of Love ZINNIA (MAGENTA) - Lasting Affection ZINNIA (MIXED) - Thinking (or in memory) of an Absent Friend ZINNIA (SCARLET) - Constancy ZINNIA (WHITE) - Goodness ZINNIA (YELLOW) - Daily Remembrance

Make up

Makeup

When thinking about make-up we all tend to think about cosmetics, but a new trend sweeping slowly over the country is semi-permanent make-up. Micro pigmentation is placed just under the skin, and lasts about one and a half to three years.
Don't forget all great works of art need good a canvas, so no matter how good your cosmetics are you must begin with a good skin care regime to give the best effect.
Make up doesn't only mean decoration it also means camouflage and there are specialised cosmetics for this very purpose, all sorts of birth marks and scars can be easily covered in a wonderful range of waterproof make-up. You will also find these cosmetics to be highly refined and incredibly natural looking.

How do I make my nose look smaller?
One of the best tricks I use to make the nose appear smaller is to carefully blend a powder or concealer down the sides of the nose using a small synthetic brush (use one or to shades darker than your skin tone). Make sure to blend very well!

This will make the nose appear much slimmer at the sides. A pale powder or concealer can be blended lightly along the centre of the nose to streamline it too. For a nose that is slightly larger at the end, I recommend again, using powder or concealer (one or two shades darker) and blend onto the tip of the nose and along either sides of the tip.

The key to slimming down the nose effectively is all in the blending. Fingers and sponges work best for blending, unless you have chosen to use powder colour rather than concealer - in which case please use a small soft brush.

How do I make my eyes look bigger?
Firstly it is important to make sure that the actual eyes are properly hydrated and not red. Very popular amongst celebrities and makeup artists is a product called Collyre Blue These eye drops reduce the amount of yellow in the eye and are tinted blue, which actually makes the whites appear brighter.

Secondly, it is essential to curl the eyelashes using eyelash curlers. These will help open up the eye immediately, by lifting the eyelashes. Make sure you invest in a good quality pair of curlers and you will have them for life. Shu Uemura do the best pair, used by professionals. They also supply the refill pads too!

Next, you need to take a soft shimmery highlighter shade and apply it to the inner corners of the eyes. A pale gold, silver or flesh tone works best as long as it has a shine to it. This will instantly make the eyes appear brighter and make your eyes sparkle. Another good effect is to apply a white (or very pale pink) eyeliner to the rim of the eyes - your eyes will appear larger. Sometimes it is lovely to sweep a small amount of shimmer just on top of the middle of the eyelid, this enhances your natural eye colour.

Lastly a good few coats of mascara, combed through well with a lash comb and you are ready to go!

How do I prep my face properly before applying makeup ?
To create a perfect flawless foundation base, it is important to prep your skin correctly so that the foundation will glide on smoothly. One of the best things you can do is to exfoliate your skin regularly with a gentle exfoliater. The best one I have found that can be used daily is Dermalogica Daily Micro-exfoliant.

Next, use a gentle toner to close your pores so that the makeup will not sit in them. If you really do not like toner then a few splashes of cold water will do the trick. My favourite toner is Sisley’s Eau De Florale - it is extremely gentle on the skin and contains botanicals that feed the skin.

Apply a good moisturiser that is not too greasy, as you do not want your makeup to slide around on your skin. I recommend one from the Oil Of Olay range that is suited to your skin type. Moisturise well and really massage into the skin - as this will boost circulation and ensure a natural glow beneath your makeup.

Lastly apply a foundation primer, as these really do work to help the makeup glide on and stay on all day. Many companies stock them now, but my favourite is Laura Mercier foundation primer

How do I make my lips appear fuller?
There are several ways to make lips appear fuller. One foolproof way is to use a lip liner in the same colour as your own lips. Take a small amount of concealer and dab lightly over the lips, including the natural lip line of your lip. Draw carefully, slightly above your natural lip line all around your lips. Choose a lipstick that matches your lip liner and fill in the rest of the lips with it. Of course, applying gloss to the lips will always make them appear fuller.

Another method is to take a cream highlighter stick and with a lip brush apply in a V-shape to the cupids bow of the lips (this is the natural V-shape at the top of the lip). Next, take the lip brush and highlighter and paint onto the centre of the lips on top of you lipstick. Apply a layer of gloss over the top.

How do I keep my makeup looking fresh all day?
For a fresh look that lasts all day, I recommend using a makeup primer first - such as Nars Makeup Primer. Primers really do ensure that your foundation stays in place most of the day or night. If you feel as though your makeup has gone a bit dry during the day, then I thoroughly recommend a product by Laura Mercier called Secret Finish. It can be applied on top of makeup to refresh it and will give a radiant glow, once again, to the face. A must have product!

A serum underneath your foundation base will feed the skin with moisture throughout the day. Try SK11 De-wrinkle Essence. Bronzing powder adds a quick and easy healthy glow to the face and can be used anytime to wake the face up. Apply on top of your make up. But use sparingly!

It is also good to carry a hydrating spray mist in your bag, as a quick spritz will also revive your face instantly and create a beautiful glow. Try Estee Lauder Skin Refresher - it is a brilliant product that rehydrates the skin.

How do I apply cream blusher?
Cream blusher is the best product to achieve a natural rosy glow. It is extremely flattering for anyone. It can be blended easily with fingertips, so no need for brushes! Make sure you warm your fingers up first, as this helps to blend the cream colour easily into the cheeks.

If you apply too much, it is easy to correct by blending thoroughly and applying a very light amount of tinted moisturiser on top to take down the colour.

Cream blusher is best applied to the apples of the cheeks and blended outwards. However, cream bronzer should be applied from the hairline to underneath the cheekbone and blended down the face.

Experiment with colours and mix a few shades. Finish off with a light dusting of translucent loose powder to set the blush. I recommend all of the Stila range of cream blushers, as well as Estee Lauder who also have some great colours!

Eyes

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The eyes are the mirrors of the soul, they reflect the very depth of you, your feelings, health and even your mood. With the right treatment your eyes need never be without that youthful sparkle again. There are so many wonderful treatments on the market today especially for your eyes, helping to relieve tiredness and the signs of. Really refreshing while gently caring for the delicate skin around the eye area, all of these treatments use products specifically for the eyes. You can also enhance the appearance of your eyes with salon treatments such as lash tinting and perming. Just think you can go swimming any time and not have to worry about "panda eyes" When making appointments for these treatments you must remember to make an appointment at least 24 hours prior for a patch test to make sure that you are not allergic to any of the products used.

When you talk with your eyes make sure you're saying," I'm great!!

Marigold

Marigold

Botanical: Calendula officinalis (LINN.)
Family: N.O. Compositae

Synonyms---Caltha officinalis. Golds. Ruddes. Mary Gowles. Oculus Christi. Pot Marigold. Marygold. Fiore d'ogni mese. Solis Sponsa.
---Parts Used---Flowers, herb, leaves.

The Common Marigold is familiar to everyone, with its pale-green leaves and golden orange flowers. It is said to be in bloom on the calends of every month, hence its Latin name, and one of the names by which it is known in Italy - fiore d'ogni mese - countenances this derivation. It was not named after the Virgin, its name being a corruption of the Anglo-Saxon merso-meargealla, the Marsh Marigold. Old English authors called it Golds or Ruddes. It was, however, later associated with the Virgin Mary, and in the seventeenth century with Queen Mary.

---History---It was well known to the old herbalists as a garden-flower and for use in cookery and medicine. Dodoens-Lyte (A Niewe Herball, 1578) says:

'It hath pleasant, bright and shining yellow flowers, the which do close at the setting downe of the sunne, and do spread and open againe at the sunne rising.'

Linnaeus assigned a narrower limit to the expansion of its flowers, observing that they are open from nine in the morning till three in the afternoon. This regular expansion and closing of the flowers attracted early notice, and hence the plant acquired the names of solsequia and solis sponsa. There is an allusion to this peculiarity in the poems of Rowley:

'The Mary-budde that shooteth (shutteth) with the light.'

And in the Winter's Tale:

'The Marigold that goes to bed wi' th' sun,

And with him rises weeping.'

It has been cultivated in the kitchen garden for the flowers, which are dried for broth, and said to comfort the heart and spirits.

Fuller writes: 'We all know the many and sovereign virtues in your leaves, the Herbe Generalle in all pottage.' (Antheologie, 1655.) Stevens, in Maison Rustique, or the Countrie Farme (1699), mentions the Marigold as a specific for headache, jaundice, red eyes, toothache and ague. The dried flowers are still used among the peasantry 'to strengthen and comfort the hart.' He says further:

'Conserve made of the flowers and sugar, taken in the morning fasting, cureth the trembling of the harte, and is also given in the time of plague or pestilence. The yellow leaves of the flowers are dried and kept throughout Dutchland against winter to put into broths, physicall potions and for divers other purposes, in such quantity that in some Grocers or Spicesellers are to be found barrels filled with them and retailed by the penny or less, insomuch that no broths are well made without dried Marigold.'

Formerly its flowers were used to give cheese a yellow colour.

In Macer's Herbal it is stated that only to look on Marigolds will draw evil humours out of the head and strengthen the eyesight.

'Golde [Marigold] is bitter in savour

Fayr and zelw [yellow] is his flowur

Ye golde flour is good to sene

It makyth ye syth bryth and clene

Wyscely to lokyn on his flowres

Drawyth owt of ye heed wikked hirores

[humours].

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Loke wyscely on golde erly at morwe [morning]

Yat day fro feures it schall ye borwe:

Ye odour of ye golde is good to smelle.'

'It must be taken only when the moon is in the Sign of the Virgin and not when Jupiter is in the ascendant, for then the herb loses its virtue. And the gatherer, who must be out of deadly sin, must say three Pater Nosters and three Aves. It will give the wearer a vision of anyone who has robbed him.'

From Eleanour Sinclair Rohde's Old English Herbals:

'Of marygold we learn that Summe use to make theyr here yelow with the floure of this herbe, not beyng contet with the naturall colour which God hath geven the.'

Gerard speaks of:

'The fruitful or much-bearing marigold, . . . is likewise called Jackanapes-on-horsebacke: it hath leaves stalkes and roots like the common sort of marigold, differing in the shape of his floures; for this plant doth bring forth at the top of the stalke one floure like the other marigolds, from which start forth sundry other small floures, yellow likewise and of the same fashion as the first; which if I be not deceived commeth to pass per accidens, or by chance, as Nature often times liketh to play with other flowers; or as children are borne with two thumbes on one hande or such like; which living to be men do get children like unto others: even so is the seed of this Marigold, which if it be sowen it brings forth not one floure in a thousand like the plant from whence it was taken.'

Culpepper says it is a:

'herb of the Sun, and under Leo. They strengthen the heart exceedingly, and are very expulsive, and a little less effectual in the smallpox and measles than saffron. The juice of Marigold leaves mixed with vinegar, and any hot swelling bathed with it, instantly gives ease, and assuages it. The flowers, either green or dried, are much used in possets, broths, and drink, as a comforter of the heart and spirits, and to expel any malignant or pestilential quality which might annoy them. A plaister made with the dry flowers in powder, hog's-grease, turpentine, and rosin, applied to the breast, strengthens and succours the heart infinitely in fevers, whether pestilential or not.'

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---Cultivation---The Marigold is a native of south Europe, but perfectly hardy in this country, and easy to grow. Seeds sown in April, in any soil, in sunny, or half-sunny places germinate freely. They require no other cultivation but to keep them clean from weeds and to thin out where too close, leaving them 9 to 10 inches apart, so that their branches may have room to spread. The plants will begin to flower in June, and continue flowering until the frost kills them. They will increase from year to year, if allowed to seed themselves. The seeds ripen in August and September, and if permitted to scatter will furnish a supply of young plants in the spring.

Only the common deep orange-flowered variety is of medinical value.

---Parts Used---The flowers and leaves.

Leaves. - Gather only in fine weather, in the morning, after the dew has been dried by the sun. Flowers. - The ray florets are used and need quick drying in the shade, in a good current of warm air, spread out on sheets of paper, loosely, without touching each other, or they will become discoloured.

---Medicinal Action and Uses---Marigold is chiefly used as a local remedy. Its action is stimulant and diaphoretic. Given internally, it assists local action and prevents suppuration. The infusion of 1 ounce to a pint of boiling water is given internally, in doses of a tablespoonful, and externally as a local application. It is useful in chronic ulcer, varicose veins, etc. Was considered formerly to have much value as an aperient and detergent in visceral obstructions and jaundice.

It has been asserted that a Marigold flower, rubbed on the affected part, is an admirable remedy for the pain and swelling caused by the sting of a wasp or bee. A lotion made from the flowers is most useful for sprains and wounds, and a water distilled from them is good for inflamed and sore eyes.

An infusion of the freshly-gathered flowers is employed in fevers, as it gently promotes perspiration and throws out any eruption - a decoction of the flowers is much in use in country districts to bring out smallpox and measles, in the same manner as Saffron. Marigold flowers are in demand for children's ailments.

The leaves when chewed at first communicate a viscid sweetness, followed by a strong penetrating taste, of a saline nature. The expressed juice, which contains the greater part of this pungent matter, has been given in cases of costiveness and proved very efficacious. Snuffed up the nose it excites sneezing and a discharge of mucous from the head.

The leaves, eaten as a salad, have been considered useful in the scrofula of children, and the acrid qualities of the plant have caused it to be recommended as an extirpator of warts.

A yellow dye has also been extracted from the flower, by boiling.

---Preparations and Dosage---Fluid extract, 1/4 to 1 drachm.