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fiowers grow on long yellowish stalks/ TvJtli a 

 jellow, oblong, and narrow leaf upon them. They 

 are themselves also of a yellowish white colour, 

 and extremely delicate and sweet smell. The 

 ftuit is roundish and small. The flowers are the 

 only part used ; they are good against giddiness of 

 the head^ tremblings of the limbs, and all other 



igiiter nervous disorders. TJbcy are best taken a$ 

 te;t. 



The Liquid Amber Tree. Ziquid amBar. 



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A VERY beautiful tree of the American islands^ 

 \vbich we have brought of late into our gardens; 

 it grows lifty feet high, and the branches are nu- 

 merous and disposed with a tolerable regularity* 

 The IcaYCs are large and very beautiful ; they are 

 broad, and are divided much in the manner of the 

 leaves of our maple tree, but much more beautiful- 

 ly ; they are of a glossy green, and the tips of the 

 boughs have a fragrant smell. The flowers aro 

 greenish and small ; the fruit is of the bigness of 

 ti small walnut, roundish and rough upon the sur- 

 face, with several seeds within. 



We use a resin which runs from the trunk of 



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this tree in great heats. It is of a reddish colour, 

 soft, and extremely fragrant, nearly a perfume. 

 It is an excellent balsam^ nothing exceeds it as a 

 remedy for the whites ; and for the weaknesses left 

 after venereal disorders. It is also good in disorders 

 of the lungs ; and it works by urine, and dislodges 

 gravel. There was a custom at one time of mix- 

 ing it among perfumes, bat of late it has been neg- 

 lected, and is grown scarce. 



