312 > The Ufeful Family Herbal, 
its Trunk is very thick in Proportion. The | 
Leaves are each compofed of three or four Pairs. 
of fmaller, thefe ftand at a Diftance from one 
another on the common Stalk, the Flowers are 
little and white, and they grow in Clufters, fo’ 
that at a Diftance, they look like the Bunches of 
Elder Flowers. The Fruit isa round Berry often, 
each of the Bignefs of a Tare. The Wood of this 
Tree is lighter, paler coloured, and of a loofer 
Grain than the Eafern Rofewood. 
The Wood is faid to be good in nervous Dif- 
‘ders, but we feldom make any Ufe of it. 
~ Rosemary, 
ROSMARINUS. 
JA Pretty Shrub, wild in Spain and France, and 
™ kept in our Gardens. It is five or fix Feet 
high, but weak and not well able to fupport it- 
felf. The Trunk is covered with a rough Bark. — 
The Leaves ftand very thick on the Branches, 
which,are brittle and flender: They are narrow, 
an Inch long, and thick, and they are of a deep 
Green on the upper Side, and whitith underneath. 
The Flowers ftand at the Tops of the Branches 
among the Leaves, they are large and very beau-. 
tiful, of a greyifh Colour, with a fomewhat red- ~ 
ifh Tinge, and of a very fragrant Smell. Rofe- 
mary, when in Flower, makes a very beautiful Ap- 
pearance. : “ib 
_ The flowery Tops of Rofemary, freth gathered, 
contain its greateft Virtue. .If they are ufed in 
the Manner of Tea for-a Continuance of Time, 
‘they are excellent againft Head-achs, Tremblings 
of the Limbs, and all other nervous Diforders. 
A Conferve is made of them alfo, which very. 
well anfwers this Purpofe: But when the Conferve ~ 
is made only of the picked Flowers, it i lefs 
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