Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1910 — Foxglove. [ARTICLE]

Foxglove.

The foxglove is a hardy perennial that has a medicinal reputation. Digitalis Is one of the; most valued remedies in heart troubles and is obtained from the plant to which the common name, foxglove, is given. In olden time it was esteemed as an application to ulcers, etc., and Italian peasants have a proverb, “Foxglove heals all sores.” Flowers of the foxglove were reputed to be favorites with elves and fairies.