THE UMBELLIFEROUS PLANTS.
Tutor—George—Harry.
Harry. What plant is that man gathering under the hedge?
George. I don’t know; but the boys call the stalks hexes, and blow through them.
Har. I have seen them; but I want to know the plant.
Geo. Will you please to tell us, sir, what it is?
Tutor. It is hemlock.
Geo. Hemlock is poison is it not?
Tut. Yes, in some degree; and it is also a medicine; that man is gathering it for the apothecaries.
Har. I should like to know it.