The Ufeful Family Herbal, 
ise & ts Cae 
ANETHUM. 
A N umbelliferous Plant kept in our Gardens, 
principally for the Ufe of the Kitchen. The 
Stalk is round, ftriated, hollow, upright, three 
Foot high, and divided into a.great many Bran- 
ches. The Leaves are divided into numerous, nar- 
row, and long Parts, in the manner of Fennel, 
but they are not fo large. The Flowers are fmall. 
and yellow ; they ftand in Clufters on the Tops of 
the Branches. ‘Che Root is long. The Seeds of 
Dill are good againft the Cholic; and they are 
faid to be a Specific againft the Hiccough, but 
I have known them tried without Succefs. — 
DITTANDER. 
A Tall Plant, with broad Leaves and little whit 
**% Flowers; wild in fome places, and frequent 
‘in our Gardens. It grows a Yard high. The 
Stalks are round, firm, of a pale Green, poe 
Much branched. The Leaves are large 
the Bottom, fmaller upwards; and the Flowers 
ftand in a kind of loofe Spikes; the lower Leaves _ 
are beautifully indented, the others fcarce at all: 
The Seeds are contained in little roundifh Capfules, 
and are of a hot and pungent Tafte, = 
The Leaves of Dittander frefh gatherec atid 
boiled in Water, make a Decoétion that works by — 
_ Urine, and promotes the Menfes: They are alfo 
good to promote the neceffary Difcharges : 
