ROSEMARY  , botanically Rosmarinus, a Labiate plant, the only representative of the genus and a native of the Mediterranean region . It is a See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low See also:

• SHRUB

shrub with linear leaves, dark See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green above, See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white beneath, and with margins rolled back on to the under See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face . The See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers are in small axillary clusters . Each has a two-lipped calyx, from which projects a bluish two-lipped corolla enclosing two stamens, the other two, which are generally See also:

• PRESENT

present in the See also:

• FAMILY

family, being deficient . The See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit consists of four smooth nutlets . Botanically the genus is near to See also:

• SALVIA

Salvia, but it differs in the shorter connective to the anther . Rosemary was highly esteemed by the ancients for its aromatic fragrance and medicinal uses . In See also:

• MODERN

modern times it is valued mainly as a per-fume, for which purpose the oil is obtained by See also:

• DISTILLATION (from the Lat. distillare, more correctly destillare, to drop or trickle down)

distillation . It doubtless has slight stimulant properties, such as are See also:

• COMMON

common to all volatile See also:

• OILS (adopted from the Fr. oile, mod. huile, Lat. oleum, olive oil)

oils, which may See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account for the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general belief in the efficacy of the plant in promoting the growth of the See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair . Rosemary plays no unimportant See also:

• PART

part in literature and folk-See also:

• LORE
• LORE, AMBROISE DE (1396-1446)

lore, being esteemed as an See also:

• EMBLEM (Gr. Eµ3Xysa, something put in or inserted, from EµfiiXAew, to throw in)

emblem of remembrance . " There's rosemary, that's for remembrance," says Ophelia . Its use in connexion with funeral ceremonies is not See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct in See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country places to this See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, and it was formerly much valued at wed-ding festivities .

The name " See also:

• ROS, or DE
• ROS, SIR RICHARD (b. 1429)

ros See also:

• MARINUS

marinus " or " ros See also:

• MARIS, JACOB (1837-1899)

maris," literally " See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-See also:

• DEW

dew," was probably given in allusion to its native See also:

• HABITAT (a French word derived from habiter, Lat. habitare, to dwell)

habitat in the neighbourhood of the sea .