+ a Roe 
206 The Ufeful Family Herbal. | 
They have been recommended greatly in the Jaun- 
dice. | SY. 20cm 
SpurGE LAUREL. 
A Wid little Shrub of a fingular Afpect and of 4 
confiderable Virtues, it is three Feet high — 
the Stem is half an Inch thick, and divides into 
a great many Branches. The Bark is of a brown- 
ith Colour, and they are not very ftrong. The 
Leaves ftand at the Tops of the Branches, they 
are long, narrow, and of a bright and fine Greens 
they are of a firm Subftance, and are not indented » 
at the Edges. The Flowers are very {mall, and 
inconfiderable, they are green with fome yellow 
Threads, and have a fweet Smell, the Berries are 
{mall, roundifh, and black. a 
The Leaves are a powerful Remedy againft the 
Dropfy, but they are fo violent they muft be 
given with Caution ; a fmall Quantity of a flight 2% 
ufufion of them in Water, works by Vomit and 
»werful Manner. It is not every Con- a 
can bear fuch a Medicine. 
= The LEEK. 
PORRUM. 
ACommon Plant in our Kitchen Gardens. It . 
grows three Feet high; the Stalk is round, — 
Stcen, and thick, the Leaves are large, long, and 
of-a deep Green, and the Flowers grow in a round. 
_ Clufter at the Top of the Stalk, they are of 4 
es oles with a Tinge of Gree 
Fibres at whe Sociees site _—_ Si ae 
An Infufion of the Roots of Leeks madein 
Water, and boiled into a Syrup with Honeys 
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