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Manner, into feveral Parts, fo that they look torn 
or ragged: Their Colour is a dark dufky Green, 
and they grow to the Stalk without any Foot- 
Stalk, and are broad and rounded at the End. 
The Flowers are moderately large and yellow, 
and the Tops of the Branches are fo covered with 
them, that they often fpread together to the | 
_ Breadth or a Plate. The whole Plant has a dif. 
agreeable Smell. The Root is fibrous, and the 
Seeds are downy. 
The frefh Leaves are ufed; but it is beft to take 
thofe that rife immediately from the Root, for 
_ they are larger and more juicy than thofe on the 
_ Stalk: They are to be mixed in Pultices, and ap- 
_ plied outwardly as a Remedy againft Pains in the 
. Rint: They have a furprifing Effect. Itis faid 
that two or three Times applied, they will cure 
the Sciatica, or Hip Gout, when ever fo violent. 
The RASPBERRY BuswH. 
RUBUS IDEAUS. 
= A Little Shrub, common in our Gardens, but 
~* wild alfo in fome Parts of the Kingdom. 
‘The Stalks are round, weak, tender, of a pale 
Brown, and prickly. The Leaves are each com- 
_pofed of fiveothers: They are large, ofa pale Green, 
indented about the Edges, and hairy. The Flow- — 
ers are little, of a whitifh Colour, with a great 
Quantity of Threads in the Middle. The Fruit 
is the common Rafpberry, compofed like the 
Blackberry of feveral Grains: It is foft to the 
Touch, and of a delicate Tafte. The Colour va- 
ries, for white ones arecommon.  =———- 
__ The Juice of ripe Rafpberries, boiled up with 
Sugar, makes an excellent Syrup. It is pleafant, 
_and agreeable to the Stomach, good againft Sick- 
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