FAMILY HERBAL. 5 



joint, and the roots are fibrous. The v/liole 

 plant has a peculiar and strong smell,, it should 

 be galhered when in flower. 



It is an excellent vulnerary^ outwardly, or io^ 

 Vi'ardly used ; a conserve may be made of it in 

 spring : and it may b^ given by way of tea. 

 It is excellent in all disorders of the breast and 

 lungs^ - and in those of the kidneys, and against 

 bloody and foul urine^ 



Allheal, or crown's allheal. Panax ColonL 



A COMMON herb in our wet grounds with long 

 liairy leaves and little red flowers. It grow* 

 to a foot and a half high, but the stalk is weak, 

 square, and hairy : the leaves stand two at a 

 joint, and are of a pale green, notched at the 

 edges, and of a strong smell ; the flovirers stand 

 iu clusters round the stalk at the joints. They 

 are like those of the dead nettle kind, but smaller ; 

 the root is perennial and creeps. 



It is an excellent wound herH^ hut must be 

 used fresh. The leaver are to be bruised and 

 laid upon a new-made wound, without any ad- 

 dition; they stop the bleeding, and cure. 



Almond tree, Amt/gdalus. 



BITTER and sweet almonds are very dif- 

 ferent in taste, but the tree which produces 

 them is the same ; it is distinguishable at least 

 only by the taste of the almond. 



'Tis a moderately large tree, with long nar- 

 row leaves, of a beautiful green, and notched 

 at the edges ; the bfossorns are large, of a pale 

 red colour, and very beautiful. The fruit is com- 



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