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Accident very young, but what we faw of the 
Leaves, gave credit to the Account given of 
the Plant by Mr. Williams, who told us he had 
feen it in Perfia. Thefe are curious Parts of 
Knowledge, and they are worth profecuting by 
thofe who have Leifure: The Succefs of this Ex- 
periment fhews the Poffibility of raifing fome of 
thofe Plants at home, which we never have been 
able to get truly or fully defcribed to us. 
_ We ufe a Gum Refin obtained from the Roots: 
of this Plant, by cuting them and catching the 
Juice, we call this, when concreted into Lumps, 
Sagapenum. We have it either finer in fmalk 
Pieces, or coarfer in Maffes; it is brownifh with 
~acaft of Red, and will grow foft with the Heat 
of the Hand; it is difagreeable both in Smell 
and Tafte, but it is an excellent Medicine. It is 
_ good for all Diforders of the Lungs arifing from 
atough Phlegm, and alfo in nervous Cafes. It 
has been found a Remedy in inveterate Head-achs,’ 
after many other Medicines have failed. “It is one! 
of thofe Drugs, too much neglected by the Pre- _ 
fent Practice which encourages the Ufe of others 
that have not half their Virtue: But there are Fafhi~ 
ons in Phyfic, as there are in all other Things. 
Rep Sack” 
SALVIA HORTENSIS. 
HE common Sage of our Gardens. It is 
_* a Kind of thrubby Plant a Foot or two high, 
and full of Branches. The Stem is tough, hard, 
- Woody, and covered with a brown rough Bark, the 
- fmaller Branches are reddifh, the Leaves are ob- 
long, and broad; they ftand on long Foot-Stalks, 
and are of a fingular rough Surface, and of a 
redifh Colour. The Flowers grow on Stalks that 
rife only at that Seafon of the Year, and ftand up 
a great 
