THE NETTLE.
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In the news paper of the Bavarian Agri-
cultural Society, the nette is said to have
the following properties: eaten in salad, 1t
relieves consumption; it fattens horned cat
tie, whether eaten green or dried; it not on
ly fattens calves, but improves their flesh;
Il is an antidote to most maladies; sheep
which eat it bring forth healthy, vigorous
lambs; it promotes the laying of eggs IN
hens; it improves the fat of the pigs; the
seeds, mixed with oats, are excellent for
horses; it grows all the year round, even in
the coldest weather, and the hbres OF the
stem make an excellent hemp. The Bava-
rian Journal might have added, that few
plants force better OF more rapidly, and that
the tender shoots so produced make del
icatc and high Aavoured pot-herb, resem-
bling the points of the shoots of the pump
kin.


The nettle is much valued in Holland
where its young shoots are used as pot
herbs; its rect teg dyeing yellow; where th'