From the Wortcunner's Cabinet: Butchers Broom | Speaking of Witch Wands & Magickal Things
Butcher's Broom; Ruscus aculateatus; Cornwall; UK Stock Photo - Alamy
Ruscus aculeatus L. Ruscaceae Butchers Broom., Box holly, Knee Holly, Jew's myrtle. Distribution: Mediterranean to Britain. Aculeatus means 'prickly' which describes the plant well. Dioscorides in 70 AD (Gunther, 1959) says of
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