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red, painful, and threalens t<5 have bad consequen- 

 ces, and they disperse it. The application must be 

 frequently renewed, and there are those who speak 

 of its curing the eviU 



Honey-Suckle. Periclymenum. 



A BEAUTIFUL wild shrub. The trunk h 

 seldom more than an inch thick ; the branches are 

 very long and slender, of a reddish colour, brittle, 

 and all of the same bigness. The leaves stand ia 

 pairs, they are broad, short, blunt, of a dark dead 

 green colour. The flowers grow in little clusters ; 

 they are long, slender, tubular, and very fragrant; 

 the berries are red. 



The fresh leaves of honey-suckle given in de- 

 coction, are good against obstructions of the liver 

 and spleen ; they work by urine^ and they are alsa 

 a good gargle for a sore throat* 



HoNEVwoRT, Cerinthe. 



A JUICY plant frequently wild in many parts 

 of Europe, but with us kept iu gardens. It haii 



from the 



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most all flowers have a drop of honey juice in their 

 bottom : this is indeed the real substance of honey;; 

 for the bees only pick it out and get it together : 

 the hollow flowers in general have more of it, of 

 it is better preserved in them than others, but scarce 

 any in so great a degree as this plant named froni 

 it. It is two feet high, \Yhen kept erect, but if left 

 to itself, is very apt to lean upon the ground. The 

 stalk is round, thick, ^mcj^ and tender ; the leaves 

 are large, oblong, broad, they surround and inclose! 

 the stalk at their base ; they aie of a bluish greexi 



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