The cottages are old, stone-built and thatched; older still is the church with its grey square tower, and all about are scattered the memorials of antiquity-the chantry on the hill, standing conspicuous alone, apart, above the world; the vast old abbey barn, and, rough thick stone walls, ivy-draped and crowned with beautiful valerian, and other fragments that were once parts of a great religious house.
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson
The beds were not made, and a strong odor of valerian and camphor flooded the air.
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker
Thus: chapped hands-glycerine; cold-squills; lumbago-mustard-plasters; nervous excitement-valerian; sleeplessness-Dover's powders.
"Around The Tea-Table"
T. De Witt Talmage