The Ufeful Family Herba ; 
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The Vine. fae oa 
|  VITIS. eet 
A Weak Shrub t6o familiar in our Gardens, -to 
“> need much Defcription. The Trunk is co- 
vered with a rough Bark, the Branches are long, 
_ weak, and ftraggling; the Leaves are roundih in 
the whole Figure, but indented deeply into five or 
~ feven Divifions, the lower are inconfiderable: The 
Fruit is round or oblong, juicy, and produced in 
great Bunches. ph 
We ufe no Part of the common Vine, as it 
ows with us; but not to mention the feveral 
inds of Wine that are ufeful on different Occa- 
fions, the dried Fruit in the Form of what we 
call Raifins and Currants, is in conftant Repute. 
Raifins of the Sun, Malaga Raifins, and Currants 
all have the fame Virtues, they are good in Coughs, 
and Soarnefs of the Lungs, and in Confump- 
tions.’ Ey FP 
Vinegar is alfo a Product of the Grape: It is 
Wine become four, and Spirit of Wine and Brandy 
of the very beft Kinds, are made from Wine alfo 
by Diftillation. The Subftance called Tartar, of 
which the Cream of Tartar is made, is only a Salt 
of the Grape, which fticks to the Wine Cafks. 
So that we owe to the Grape, more Medicines than 
to any one Simple whatfoever. ar 
~TLTOLe SF: 
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A Common wild Plant in our Woods and 
4% Hedges, but of a Fragrance fuperior to all 
that we receive from the rich Zaf. It is a 
little low creeping Plant, obfcure even when in 
flower, the Stalks are round, green, and areepine 
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