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pleasant bitfer:, and giren in infusion ; it strengtli- 

 ens the stomach, creates an appetite, and is good 

 also against obstructions of the liver and spleen. 

 It is on this last account greatly recommeiided in 

 jaundices; and the country people cure agues Mith 

 it dried and powdered. 



As there are a greater and lesser celandine, there 

 is also a great as well as this little centaury ; but 

 the large kind is not a native of our country, nor 

 used by us in medicine. 



Chaste Tree. Agnus castrus. 



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A LITTLK shrub, native of Italy, and frequent 

 in our gardens. It is five or six feet high ; the 

 trunk is rough, the branches are smooth, grey, 

 tough, and long; the leaves are fingered or spread 

 like the fingers of one's hand ^when opened : five, 

 six, or seven, of these divisions stand on each stalk, 

 tbey are of a deep green above, and whitish under- 

 neath ; the flowers are small and of a pale reddish 

 hue ; they stand in long loose spikes ; the fruit is 

 as big as a pepper-corn. 



The seeds of this shrub were once supposed 

 allay vencry, but no body regards that now. A 



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 obstructions of 



nd tops is good agaii 



The Black Cheury Tree. Corasusfructu nigro 



THIS is a well known tall tree, and well shaped. 

 The leaves are broad, roundish, sharp at the point, 

 and indented round the edges. The flowers are 

 white, the fruit is well enough known. The medicinal 

 part of this is the kernel within tbe stone. This has 

 been supposed good against apoplexies, palsies, 



and all nervous diseases. The water distilled from 



