Catmint, or Nep, the Ne-ptta Cataria, L. a native plant growing on pastures and hedges, in a calcareous soil - near Bungay, Suffolk ; Wick Gifts; on the beach at Rampside ; Low Furness ; Dud-ley Castle, etc. Its stalk is a yard high, high, and branched ; the leaves are. of a velvet-like softness ; the blos soms white, with a tinge of red, spotted with purple, and appear in July.

This is a hardy plant, and easily propagated by seeds ; it has a hitter taste, and strong smell, resembling a mixture of mint and pennyroyal. An infusion of the catmint is re-commended as a good cephalic, and deemed a specific in chloroti cases two ounces of the expressed juice are usually given for a d< Cats are exceedingly fond of especially when it is withered. Mr. Ray mentions, that he had transplanted the common catmint frcm the fields into his garden ; but the i soon destroyed it: those however, which came up from the seeds, uniformly escaped ; and thus he found the old proverb verified namely "If you set it, the cats will eat it; if you sow it, the cats will not know it"—The plant is eaten by sheep, but refused by cows, horses, goats, and swine.