Saffron . . . 485 " Meadow . . . 483 Sage . . . 489 " Meadow . . . 492 Sago . . . 155 Saint John's Wort . . . 287 Salep . . . 405 Saliva . . . 178 Samphire . . . 497 Sanicle . . . 508 Saucealone . . . 222 Savin . . . 493 Schalot . . . 222 Scurvy Grass . . . 133, 495 Sea Holly . . . 498 " Tang . . . 502 " Water . . . 508 " Weeds . . . 496 Selfheal . . . 508 Service Tree . . . 352 Shepherd's Purse . . . 511 Silverweed . . . 514 Skullcap . . . 516 " the Lesser . . . 517 Sloe . . . 517 Snails . . . 409 Soapwort . . . 522 Solomon's Seal . . . 524 Sorrel . . . 160 " Wood . . . 161 Southernwood . . . 526 Sowbread . . . 450 Sow Thistle . . . 559 Spearmint . . . 342 Speedwell . . . 527 Spinach . . . 529 " Sea . . . 506 Spindle Tree . . . 530 Spurge Wood . . . 532 " Petty . . . 602 Stitchwort . . . 535 Stonecrop (House Leek) . . . 276 Strawberry . . . 538 " Wild . . . 537 Succory . . . 541 Sundew . . . 543 Sunflower . . . 546 Tamarind . . . 550 Tansy . . . 552 Tar . . . 580 Tarragon . . . 554 Teasel, Fuller's . . . 559 " Wild . . . 559 Thistles . . . 555 Thyme . . . 560 Thymol . . . 563 Toadflax . . . 565 Toadstool . . . 372 Tomato . . . 567 Tormentil . . . 573 Truffle . . . 371 Turnip . . . 574 Turpentine . . . 576 Tutsan . . . 290 Valerian, Red . . . 585 " Wild . . . 583 Verbena (Vervain) . . . 586 Verguice . . . 29, 238 Vernal grass . . . 241 Vine . . . 240, 588 Violet, Sweet . . . 592 " Wild . . . 589 Viper's Bugloss . . . 594 Wallflower . . . 595 Walnut . . . 597 " American . . . 601 Wartwort . . . 602 Watercress . . . 129 Water Dropwort . . . 603 " Figwort . . . 198 " Horehound . . . 269 " Lily, White . . . 605 " Yellow . . . 605 " Pepper . . . 606 Whitethorn . . . 245 Whortleberry . . . 52 Woodruff, Sweet . . . 608 " Squinancy . . . 609 Wood Sorrel . . . 161, 610 Wormwood . . . 355, 612 Woundwort, Hedge . . . 615 Yarrow 616 Yew 619 [1] INTRODUCTION. The art of _Simpling _is as old with us as our British hills. It aims at curing common ailments with simple remedies culled from the soil, or got from home resources near at hand. Since the days of the Anglo-Saxons such remedies have been chiefly herbal; insomuch that the word "drug" came originally from their verb _drigan_, to dry, as applied to medicinal plants. These primitive Simplers were guided in their choice of herbs partly by watching animals who sought them out for self-cure, and partly by discovering for themselves the sensible properties of the plants as revealed by their odour and taste; also by their supposed resemblance to those diseases which nature meant them to heal.