190, FAMILY HERBAL. 



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a native of Italy/and is frequent in our gardens^ 

 The trunk is rugged^ and the branches are covered 

 with a rough bark, of a brownish colour, with a 

 tinge of reddish. The lep.ves are an inch or more 

 in length, extremely slender, and of a bluish greei^ 

 colour, and they grow in little clusters^ and different 

 ^arts of the branches. The flowers are inconsidera- 

 ble, the fruit is a cone, but very small. It is not 

 bigger than a little walnut. 



The young leaves are boiled, and the liquor is 

 drank to promote urine^ but this is an idle way of 

 getting at the virtues of the tree. Venice turpen- 

 tine is produced from it, and this liquid resin con- 

 tains them all in perfection. They cut the trunk of 

 the tree deep, in the heat of summer, and the resin 

 flows out. This works powerfully by urine, and 

 is a noble balsam ; it is good against the whites, and 



to stop the running that often remains from a clap 

 after all the virulence is removed ; but in this case 

 it mustb^ given cautiously. 



Larks' Spur. Del^pliiniiim. 



A COMMON flower in our gardens ; but not 

 without its virtues. It grows a yard liigh ; the 

 stalks are round, upright, firm, and of a pale 

 green. The leaves are cut into a multitude of long, 

 narrow, and very fine divisions, and are of a deep 

 green colour, and the floAvers which grow in long 

 spikes at the tops of the branches, are naturally 

 bJue, but often red or white. They are moderately 

 large and have a kind of spur behind, 



The leaves are used ; they must be boiled fresh 

 rn water, and the decoction is good against the 

 bleeding piles. It stops the hemorrage, and at the 

 same time cools the body, whereas too many of tha 

 astringent medicines are heating. 



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