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June 17, 1863, Southern Watchman (Athens, Georgia)

                      Rose leaves are extensively used in the manufacture of blue pills, and are in great demand for preparing this valuable medicine.  The gardens of city and country now abound in roses, and we are sure that the ladies will see to it that the leaves are made to subserve this purpose of utility.  Surgeon J. J. Chisholm, of the Medical Purveying Department, in Columbia, S. C., invokes the aid of the ladies in collecting a supply and we trust our lady readers everywhere will heartily respond to the call.