108 FAMILY herbal: 



\irtucs. The leaves are oblongs broad:, and ob- 

 tuse. The stalks are three .or four inches high, 

 aod have no leaves. The flowers grow one on 

 each stalk, and are of the breadth of a shilling, and 

 whitish or* reddish. The root is composed of a 

 T«,st quantity of fibrca. 



The roots fresh gathered and given in a strong 

 decoction, arc excellent against the scurvy ; the 

 use of them must be continued some time, but tbp 

 event will make amends for the trouble. Peopl 

 give these roots boiled in milk to keep puppies from 

 growing, but they have no such effects. 



Dandelion. Dens leonis. 



ANOTHER of our wild plants too common to 

 need much description. The leaves are i?ery long, 

 somewhat broad, and deeply indented at the edges. 

 The stalks are naked, hollow^ green, upright, and 

 sixj eighty or ten inches high ; one flower stands 

 on cachj which is large, yellow^ and composed of 

 a great quantity of leaves, and seeds which follow 

 this, have a downy matter affixed to them. The 

 whole head of them appears globular. The root 

 is long, large, and white. The whole plant is full 

 of a milky juicCj the root most of all. This runs 

 from it when broken^ and i» bitterish but not dis-<^ 



agreeable. 



The root fresh gathered and boiled, makes an 

 excellent decoction to promote urine,, and bring 

 away gravel. The leaves may be eaten as salad 

 whei; very young, and if taken this way in suf- 

 ficient quantity, they arc good against the scurvy. 



Red Darnell. Zoliiim r nhrum , 



A WILD grass, vftry common about way-sidcij 



