“The U) Heful Family Herbal. 33% 
js, that the Compofitions made with it aré never 
to be perfectly depended upon, becaufe there is fo 
much Difference in feveral Parcels of S¢ 
that they feem hardly the fame Médicine, fome 
Are fo very trong, and fome fo weak. Tre 
GARDEN SCURVY-GRASBsS, 
COCHLEARIA HORTENSIS, 
a Common wild Plant about our Sea Coa 
A but _ alfo in Gardens for its Virtues gs 
a Foot high; the Stalks are round, weak, and 
green; the Leaves that rife from the Root, make 
the moft confiderable Appearance, ft 
in a large Tuft, and are of a ound Piccre, 
: and a bright green Colour, tender, juicy, and 
fupported on long and flender Foot-Stalks, There 
are but few Leaves on the Stalks, and they are 
rot fo round as thofe from the Root, but are a 
 fittle angular and pointed. The Flowers ftand 
at the Tops of the Stalks, in little Clufters, they 
aré white, fmall, and bright, they are fucceeded by 
fhort roundifh Seed-Vefiels. 
~The frefh Leaves are ufed, and the beft way 
of all is to drink the exprefled Juice of them, this 
 igexcellent againft the Scurvy, and all other Foul~ 
defies of the Blood. It may be mixed with Se« 
ville Orange Juice to make it pleafant, and fhould 
be taken every Day for fix Weeks or two Months 
_ fogether in Spring. 
Sza ScuRvy-GRASS. 
~- €COCHLEARIA MARINA. | 
6.3 Common Plant alfo about our Sea Coafts, 
and by the Sides of Rivers, where the Tdée - 
- gomes. The Leaves are not fo numerous as 
of the other, and they are oblong, of a redith 
green 
