The Ufefil Family Herbal, 
The SASSAFRAS* TREE ~ 
ae _ SASSAFRAS: : 
. Beautiful Tree, Native of- America, and to 
"* be met with in fome of our Gardens. T¢ 
grows twenty-five or thirty Feet high. - The 
Trunk is naked till it-comes near the Top. The 
Branches grow near together, and fpread frregu- 
larly. . The Leaves are of two Kinds: Thofe on 
_ the older Parts of the Twigs are oblong and 
pointed, fomewhat like Bay Leaves; and thofe 
on the Tops of the Branches are larger, broader, 
and divided into three Parts, like the Leaves of 
_ Maple, or they carry fome Refemblance of the 
 fmaller Leaves of the Fig Tree. ‘The Flowers 
are {mall and yellow. The Fruit are Berries like- 
Bay Berries. The Wood is of a redifh Colour, 
and perfumed Smell, gee ane 
The Wood is ufed. Our Druggifts receive it 
in Logs, and cut it out into Shavings. The 
Wood of the Root is beft, and its Bark contains 
 moft Virtue of all. It is beft taken: in Infufion, 
_ by way of Tea, for itis very pleafant: It pro- - 
motes Sweat, and is good againft the Scurvy, 
and all other Foulnefies of the Blood. It is a 
_conftant Ingredient in Diet Drinks, againft the 
~Venereal Diteafe. 
woes SAVINE. 
ee SABINA. 
A Little Garden Shrub, green all the Winter. 
~~ The Trunk is covered with a redifh brown 
Bark. The Branches are numerous, and ftand 
_ confufedly. The Leaves are fmall, narrow, of a 
dark green Colour, and prickly. The Flowers 
are very fmall, and of a yellowifh Colour; and 
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