and DOSES. 181 
SEED S.—Thefe I believe sae untried, 
From this view of the different parts of the plant, 
it is fufficiently obvious why I ftill continue to <= 
fer the leaves. 
Thefe fhould be gathered after the Coe ftem 
has fhot up, and about the time that the —— 
are coming forth. 
The leaf-ftalk and mid-rib of the leaves fhould 
- be rejected, and the remaining part fhould be dried, 
either in the fun-{hine, or on a tin ek or pewter 
pa before a ie 
sabeet dried, they ali ritdonnty « bois 
ful green powder, which weighs fomething lefs than 
one-fifth of the original weight of the leaves. — 
muft be taken that the leaves be not fcorche 
drying, and they fhould not be dried more than 
what is requifite to allow of their being — re-" 
~ agg to — 
= alone Coenetienes unite it ok aron ym 
ometimes form it into pills with a_ 
