ESSENCE OF PEPPERMINT. Used for flatulent colic. One ounce is the usual dose for a cow. To be given in warm water. FENNEL SEED. Useful to expel wind. FERN, MALE, (_aspidium felix mas_.) Used as a remedy for worms. FLAXSEED. A good lubricant, in cold and catarrh, and in diseases of the mucous surfaces. It makes a good poultice. FLOWER OF SULPHUR. This is used extensively, in veterinary practice, for diseases of the skin. It is a mild laxative. FUMIGATIONS. For foul barns and stables, take of Common salt, 4 ounces. Manganese, 1 ounce and a half. Let these be well mixed, and placed in a shallow earthen vessel; then pour on the mixture, gradually, sulphuric acid, four ounces. The inhalation of the gas which arises from this mixture is highly injurious; therefore, as soon as the acid is poured on, all persons should leave the building, which should immediately be shut, and not opened again for several hours. Dr. White, V. S., says, "This is the only efficacious _fumigation_, it having been found that when glanderous or infectious matter is exposed to it a short time, it is rendered perfectly harmless." GALBANUM. This gum is used for similar purposes as gum ammoniac and assafoetida. GALLS. They contain a large amount of tannin, and are powerfully astringent. A strong decoction is useful to arrest hemorrhage. GARLIC. See _Allium_. GENTIAN. This is a good tonic, and is often employed to remove weakness of the stomach and indigestion. GINGER. A pure stimulant. Ginger tea is a useful remedy for removing colic and flatulency, and is safer and better adapted to the animal economy, where stimulants are indicated, than alcoholic preparations. GINSENG, (_panax quinquefolium_.) It possesses tonic and stimulant properties. GOLDEN SEAL, (_hydrastis canadensis_.) A good tonic, laxative, and alterative. GOLDTHREAD, (_coptis trifolia_.) A strong infusion of this herb makes a valuable application for eruptions and ulcerations of the mouth. We use it in the following form:-- Goldthread, 1 ounce. Boiling water, 1 pint. Set the mixture aside to cool; then strain, and add a table-spoonful of honey, and bathe the parts twice a day. GRAINS OF PARADISE. A warming, diffusible stimulant. HARDHACK, (_spiræa tomentosa_.) Its properties are astringent and tonic. We have used it in cases of "scours" with great success. It is better adapted to cattle practice in the form of extract, which is prepared by evaporating the leaves, stems, or roots. The dose is from one scruple to a drachm for a cow, and from ten grains to one scruple and a half for a sheep, which may be given twice a day, in any bland liquid. HONEY, (_mel_.) Honey is laxative, stimulant, and nutritious. With vinegar, squills, or garlic, it forms a good cough mixture. Combined with tonics, it forms a valuable gargle, and a detergent for old sores and foul ulcers.