Pertinax
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Seriously, how big is your yard? Oh, how do you even control the flowers from wildly growning in undesirable parts?
The Hypericum is self seeded, but I have encouraged it to grow-this photo is today after a little snow, in summer the plant is a glorious mass of yellow flowers.The garden is perhaps only half an acre but surrounded by very old trees-oak , chestnut and beech, so though exposed in the shade even thyme will grow. I consider only Dandelion and chickweed to be an unwelcome guests.
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Would this happen to be a herb applied on deep cuts?
yes I would suggest that is correct, amongst many other constituents Yarrow contains a paarticular alkaloid called betonicine which has been demonstrated to be haemostatic.Its propeties range much further though being strongly antiinflammatory and diaphoretic-so an injured man in a fever could benefit from application and medication.
As far as cleaning the wound acetum is the favoured wash-though as we know urine has been used on the battlefield for this purpose.
nb: oddly I was going to suggest that Ulmus Fulva would be an excellent wound dressing but I see that the Native Americans beat me to it by a few hundred years.
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haha, I suppose it would scare me if I was colorblind and at night. hehe
yep bit corny I know.
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I don't know about the spooky part.
Well this is not a comfortable place.My Grandfather (maternal ) worked here long ago, the walls are so thick that hidden from the public there is a hidden door and stair in the left hand wall of this room leading down to a priest hole -if that makes sense to non-British readers?
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Wow, what friggin amazing colors. You sure have been tending the soil and acids well. What kind is it?
This is one I grew as a gift to my Mother, she is very old and her home is kept very warm,the plant thrived in the heat but was fearsomly thirsty. It enjoyed lemonade and half an asprin. I will check the variety.Its scent was almost overpowering by the way.
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You might as well be a toxicologist Pertiniax.
I think I might be by default. I was intending to review "Galen on Food and Diet " by Mark Grant soon , one thing that strikes me is that Galen obviously knew 90% of what we know today and if a lot of his works hadnt been lost we'd probably be a lot smarter.
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The berries sure do look poisonous just because of the extremely black coat.
nature's way of saying " keep off me"
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this quite neat, but do they really work? and can you put them into tea
Dont try-the plant contains Saponin Glycosides and they can kill. The sperm observation is due to an unknown causitive factor , and you can suffer severe gastric inflammation.Galen knew the plant and commented discreetly on this very topic. So -its a no no-the main man knew 2000 years ago.
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no I cultivate some herbs, -I have cultivated Passiflora indoors but it is a tricky plant in a blustry /wet climate (it cannot tolerate cold winds like rosemary).This specimen is at Glannaventa Some of the others are in the garden , the pepper is in the physic garden in Oxford (opposite Magdalene), the pint is wild,the poppies are also .
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ingested the oil is harmless and useful in lubricating the gut and bowel. Ricin is a toxic protein residue of the seeds of the plant. One hundreth of a milligram can kill a 200lb man.
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yes it is - reminds me of Hong Kong in an odd and nostalgic way
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thats a very nice pic-what camera did you use? presume you have eaten the unripe seed heads?
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alas it is no more: this was the most highly prized of all Roman herbs.The poor used garlic instead .It was actually weight for weight more valuable than gold at one time -it was often kept with the family valuables.
It is said that Nero was brought the last plant extant-he ate it..This tells you quite a bit about Nero
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yes an unusual form of propogation, though there are other ballistic plants.
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Ok Flavius, this is the Foxglove (common British name) a member of the Figwort family. Known as Digitalis purperea .It flowers in June-August and prefers open woodlands and waste land (so partly overlapping with the poppy which escaped from Roman garden cultivation). The plant is common in Europe.Its medicinal quality is centred on use for cardiac glycosides. It does have an orchid like appearence doesnt it? However it doesnt have any strong identifying odour and is a tough Temperate plant.
It is very poisinous (like Figwort itself) so must be handled with respect.
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the whole of the Vallum is filled with blooms in spring- around a great part of the city
In the Eboracvm album this is the section between Bootham Bar and Monk Bar (gates).
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This is the museum of Scotland (Edinburgh)-part of its very elaborate clock
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a section of the wall around York
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it rains a lot though!
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Castercliffe near Colne (Colonnia) originally an Iron Age fort presumed to have been re-occupied by the Romans.
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the stream in the foreground served as the drain from the baths.
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At the confluence of the Esk,Mite and Irt -a small trading and supply port with the remains of a Bath.
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this photo shows why the area was settled-extensive well watered pasture for the breeding of cavalry mounts -and a fordable/bridgeable crossing point and a tricky area with unruly natives ( though you cant see them in this photo).
what must the Sarmatian units have thought being posted here? its along way home but the horses would be big and healthy here.
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This is the Cavalry sports helmet retrieved from Ribchester and now in the British Museum- I was just trying to start off my small selection of Ribchester phots with a reminder of why the site ( though small ) is quite famous.
Upgraded photo to follow soon and more info on the helmet
One of my favorite styles
in Roman Gallery
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Is this Amphion by any chance? (on the dolphin of course)