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Hellebore - LoveToKnow 1911 (1453 words) |
 | Hellebores may be grown in any ordinary light garden mould, but thrive best in a soil of about equal parts of turfy loam and Helleborus niger. |
| According to an early tradition, fl hellebore administered by the soothsayer and physician Melampus (whence its name Melampodium), was the means of curing the madness of the daughters of Proetus, king of Argos. |
| The tincture is prepared from the dried rhizome and rootlets of green hellebore, containing the alkaloids jervine, veratrine and veratroidine. |
| Hellebore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (935 words) |
| Hellebore (Helleborus) is a genus of 15 species of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, within which it gave its name to the tribe of Helleboreae. |
| Hellebores are widely grown in gardens for decorative purposes, as well as for their purported medicinal abilities and uses in witchcraft. |
| Several legends surround the hellebore; in witchcraft it is believed to have ties to summoning demons. |
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