146 The Ufeful Family Herbal. 
they ftand irregularly. The Leaves are oblong, — 
narrow, and fharp-pointed, and they do not grow — 
in two even Rows, as-is in the other, but ftand — 
irregularly on the Twigs. The Cones are long, — 
flender, and hang downwards. The whole Tree — 
has a ftrong refinous Smell. ee 
The Tops of this are boiled in Diet Drinks a- 4 
gainit the Scurvy as the other, but they make the — 
Liguor much more naufeous; and not at all bet- 
ter for the intended Purpofes. : 
Pitch and Tar are the Produce of the Fir Tre, 
as alfo the Strafburg and fome other of the Tut- a 
pentines. The tack Tree and Turpentine Tree 
furnifhing the others, as will be feen in their Places. 
The Wood is piled in Heaps, and lighted at the 
Top, and the Tar fweats out at the lower Parts. 
This being boiled, becomes hard, and iscalledPitch. 
~ The Turpentines are balfamic, and very pow: 
erful Promoters of Urine, but of thefe more i0 2 
their Places: The Tar has been of late ren q 
famous by the Water made from it ; but it was 
= we ees and is now out of ies 
i oe 
See mee 
ACORUS, CALAMUS AROMATICUS 
7 DICTUS. 
= — wild Plant that grows undiftinguifaed 
A mon 3 the. Bisgs and Rufhes, by our Ditch 
~ Pheold - 5 Phyficians meant asaulae Thing. 
mus Aromaticus: They gave this Name 
t Stalks of a Plant, but at prefent ons 
od ‘asthe Name of the Root of this. The Sweet 
: Feet igh, but confifts oe 
= a see SS “Among t , thie 
‘ite _ commonly: three or * four inall Re fone as like 
