FAMILY HERBAL' 19^ 



The Leek. Porrum 



A COMMON plant incur kitchen gardens. li 

 grows three feet high ; the stalk is round, green.> 

 and thickj the leaves are large, long, and of a deep 

 green^ and the flowers grow in a round cluster at thvi 

 top of the stalk, they are of a purplish colour, with 

 a tinge of green, the root is white, oblong, thsck, 

 and roundish, with fibres at th© bottom. 



An infusion of the roots of leeks made in water/ 

 and boiled into a sjrup with honej, is good against 

 Asthmas, cough?^ and obstructions in the breast and 

 lungs. It answers the same purposes with sjrup 

 of garlic, but it will agree with some^ who cannot 

 bear that medicine. 



The Lkmon Tree. Limonia malus* 



,. A SHRUB, native of the warmer countries^ and 

 frequent in our green houses, very beautiful and 

 fragrant. The trunk is moderately. thick> and 

 covered with a brown bark ; the branches are 

 numerous^ irregular, and beset with prickles. The 

 leaves are large, and very beautiful, of an oval 

 figure, and set upon a naked stalk; they are of a 

 beautiful green, and remain on the tree all winter. 

 The flowers are large and white ; of a thick firm 

 substance, and very fragrant smell. The fruit we 

 are* sufliciehtly acquainted with ; ks shane is ob- 

 long, and its rind of a pule yellow colour: it has 

 a part like a nipple at each end. Its smell is very 

 fragrant, and its juice sour. 



The peel and the juice of the fruit are used. 

 The peel is stomachic and warm, it is a good in- 

 gredient in bitter infu-.ions. The juice made into 

 a^syrup with twice its weight of fine sugar, is ex- 



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