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ROOM. . Class 17,. Order:. We presume that this plant has been made the emblem of neatness from the uses to which it is constantly applied. In our country villages, and throughout the country, it is known to every thrifty housewife as affording besoms for sweeping, whence originated the name of “broom” for those domestic cleansers. There are many useful species of it. “The broom,” says Mr. Martyn, “converts the most barren spot into an odoriferous garden.”