| The Ufeful Family Herbal, gir: 
white Bottoms and dried. - The Conferve of red : 
Rofes is made of thefe Buds prepared as for the 
drying ; they are beaten up with three Times 
their Weight of Sygar. When dried, they have 
more Virtue; they are given in Infufion, and 
_ fometimes in Powder againft Overflowings of the 
_ Menfes, and all other Bleedings. Half an Qunce 
__ of thefe dried Buds are to be put into an earthen 
Pan, and a Pint of boiling Water poured upon | 
_ them after they have ftood a few Minutes, fifteen 
_ Drops of Oil of Vitriol are to be dropped in upon 
_ them, and three Drams of the fineft Sugar in 
Powder is to be added .at the fame Time, then 
the whole is to be well ftirred about and covered 
up, that it may cool leifurely : When cold, it is to 
be poured clear off. Itis called Tin&ture of Rofes; 
it is clear, and of a finered Colour. It ftrengthens 
the Stomach and prevents Vomitings, and is a 
: Nabe g as well as a pleafant Remedy againft all 
uxes. : 
The RosEt-Woop TREE 
RHODIUM. 
WHERE are two Kinds of Wood known tm- 
= der the Name of Rofe-Wood, the one from 
the Eaf, which, when frefh brought-over, has a 
very fragrant Smell, exceedingly like that of the 
Damafk-Rofe, and from the Wood is diftilled the 
Oil, which is fold under the Name of Effence of 
Damafk-Rofe, we have no Account of the Tree 
which affords this. The other Rofe-Wood is the 
Produce of ¥amaica, and has very much of the 
fragrant Smell of the Zaffern Kind, but it is not 
the fame, the Tree which produces this is fully 
‘efcribed by that great Naturalift Sir Hans Sloane, 
in his Hiftory of the Hand of Famaica. The 
‘Tsee grows twenty Feet or more in Height, and 
= X4 its 
