104 The Ufeful Family Herbal. 
. The GARDEN CrEss. 
NASTURTIUM HORTENSE. 
Common Garden Plant raifed for Sallets. It 
is two Feet high: The Stalk is round and 
firm, and of a bluifh Green; the Leaves are di- 
vided into Segments, and the Flowers are {mall 
and white; but the full grown Plant is not feen 
_ at our Tables; we eat only the Leaves rifing im- 
mediately from the Root. Thefe are large, finely 
ivided, of abright Green, and fharp; Creffeseaten 
Quantity are very good againft the Scurvy. 
Seeds open Obftrudtion.” 
ene WaTER-CRESs, 
_.- NASTURTIUM AQUATICUM. — 
A Wid Plant common with us in Ditches, and 
fhallow Rivers. It is a Foot high, the Stalks 
are round, thick, but not very upright, of a pale — 
Green, and much branched; the Leaves are of a 
_ Treth and bright Green, divided in a winged Man- 
_ ner and obtufe; the Flowers are fmall and white, 
and there is generally feen a kind of Spike of the. 
Flowers and Seeds at the Top of the Stalks. 
_ The Leaves are ufed, they may be eaten in the 
‘Manner of the Garden Crefs, and are full as pleaes = 
fant, and they are excellent againft the Scurvy, 
The Juice expreffed from them has the fame Wie 
tue, “and works alfo powerfully by Urine, and — 
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