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grow upon it all the v/B,y: these are of the same 

 shape^ long, narrow^ and smooth^ and of a pale greea 

 upon the stalky and deeper green at the root. The 

 flowers stand on the divisions of the top of the stalky 

 they are large^ white^ and composed as it were of a 

 quantity of thick scales. 



The roots contain the greatest virtue ; they are 

 excelieut niixcd in piiltice«*^ to apply to swellings. 

 The flowers possess the same virtue also, being emol- 

 lient and good against pain. An oil is made of the 

 flowers steeped in common oil of olives; but the 

 fresh flowers are much better in the season ; and the 

 root may be had fresh at all times, and it possessea 

 the same virtues^ 



hiiY OF THE Valley, Lilhtm convalUum. 



A VERY pretty plant, but so difTerent from 

 ^he former, that one would wonder how it eame 

 to be called by any part of the same name. It is 

 six or eight inches high. The leaves are lart^e. 



long*, and broad, of a deep gre^ colour, and full 

 of very thick ribs or veins. The stalks are weak, 

 slender, angular, and green ; they bend towards the 

 top, and on each there siands, or rather hangs a 

 row of white flowers ; they arc roundish, hollow-, 

 and of a delicate and pleasing smell ; these are 

 succeeded by berries, which are red whea they 

 &re ripe. 



The flowers afe used. A tea made of them and 

 drank for a constancy, is excellent against all nerv- 

 «)us complaints, it will cure nervous head-achs, and 

 tremblings of the limbs: a great deal too much 

 has been said of this plant, for people caill it a re- 

 medy for apoplexies and the dead palsies, but 

 though all this is nut true, enough is, to give the 

 pUut a reputation and bring it again into use. 



