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FAMILY HERBAL- 



4opa of the branches, and they grow out of scaly 

 beads. The seeds are beautiful^ hard^ white, and 

 ihining. 



The leaves which grow on the stalks of the 

 blue-bottle, fresh gathered and bruised, will stop 

 the bleeding of a fresh wound, even if a large 

 vessel be cut. They are not sufficiently known 

 for this purpose, but ihey exceed all other things : 

 %nd may save a life where a surgeon is not to be 

 had in time for such an accident, A distilled 

 waterof the flowers used to be kept in the shops, 

 but it was of no value. An infusion of them 

 works gently by urine. 



There is a large kind of this plant in gardens, 

 which is called a vulnerary or wound herb. But it 



is not so good as this. 



The Box Tbbe. Buxus. 



A COMMON little shrub in our gardens^ 

 and a native of our own country, though not 

 common in its wild state. With us it grows but 

 to a small height ; in some other parts of Europe, 

 it is a tolerably large shrub. The bark is whitish, 

 the wood yellow ; the leaves small, roundish. 



smooth, of a very dark green colour, and very 



'^he flowers are small and greenish 



numerous. 



yellow ; the fruit is little, round, and furnished 

 with three points. 



The wood of the box-tree, and particularly 

 of the root, is an excellent medicine in all foul- 

 nesses of the blood ; it has the same virtues with 

 the guiacum^ but in a greater degree. It is to bo 

 given in decoction not made too strong, and con- 

 tiimed a long time. There have been instance? 

 of Vi'hat were called leprosies cured entirely by 

 tinf medicine. There is an oil made from it by 



