192 The Ufeful:Fainily Herbal. 
the Heat, draw up more and more, till by de- 
’ grees they get into this round Figure, from which, 
warm Water will expand them, but they recover 
it again as they dry. 
This is the real Hiftory of that little Kind of 
Treacle Mutftard, which is called the Rofe of 
Fericho, and concerning which ‘fo many idle, as 
well as ftrange Things have been faid. Our good 
Women have many ways of trying many Experi- 
i with it, by way of deciding future Events, 
othine can’ be fo foolifh. The Nature of 
Tae make it expand, and open its 
Branches, when put into warm Water, and draw 
_ them together again, as it grows dry. This will 
always happen, and it will-be more quick or more 
flow, according to the Condition of the Plant. 
Where it is to be had freth, it does not want 
medicinal ‘Virtues. “The young Shoots are- 
in Infufion againft fore Throats, but we have the 
Plant without its Leaves,’ and in reality, hele, boo 
more than a Stick; fo that it would be idle, to 7 
| any eohe 3 in it. fe 
- 
Sai Ee JEserrs Bene TREE. a 2 Be 
ARBOR. PERUVIANA. ot 
AS Small Tree, Native of South-America; whigh 
has) not. yet got into our Gardens. The ~ 
Trunk is as thick as a Man’s cage a ics Bat te 
‘grey. The Branches are numerous and i o 
and their Bark is of a browner Colour, but with | 
the fame Tinge of Grey. The Leaves are. long” 
and large, three Inches. jeLengthy: and half 2° 
much in ese and of a pale green Colotts 
The Flowers are fma 
and their Colones a ae Purple: They andl pe 
eet Clufters together, - they are: eng hollens* E 
