248 The Useful Family Herbal. 
will bear our Climate better than is imagined, there 
are, in fome Places Hedges, of it five or fix Feet 
high, that ftand the Winters, without the leaft 
Hurt. . 
The Leaves and Berries of the Myrtle are ufed, 
they are cordial and aftringent. A ftrong Infufion 
_ of the frefh Leaves is good againft a flight Purg- 
ing, ftrengthning the Stomach at the fame Time 
that it removes the Complaint. The dried Leaves 
powdered, are excellent againft the Whites. The 
Rerries are againit bloody Fluxes, Overflow- 
_ings of the: and in Spitting of Blood. 
MISLETOE. 
