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2SS FAMILY HERBAL. 



The Mulberry Tree. Morus 



ALx4RGE and irregular growing tree, coinr 

 monjn our gardens. The branches are numerous 

 and spreading; the leaves are verybeautiful^ large, 

 broad^ of a bright green, pointed at the end, and 

 ^slicaXely serrated round <he edges. The flow- 

 ers r.re small^ and inconsiderable : the fruit is 

 sufficiently known ; it is large^ oblong, j"^<^J> and 

 composed of a great number of fcjniali granules : 

 it is usually black when ripe. But there is a kind 

 lyith white fruit. 



The bark of the root of the mulberry tree fresh 

 taken off and boiled in water^ makes an excellent 

 decoction against the jaundice ; it opens obstruc- 

 tions of the liverj and works by urine. Avery 

 pleasant syrup is made from the juice of the ripe 

 fruit, with twice the quantity of sugar. It is 

 coolings and is good for sore mouths^ and to quench 

 thirst in fevers. 



White Mullien. l^erbascum alhum. 



A TALL and stately wild plant, singular for 

 its white leaves, and long spike of yellow flow- 

 ers ; and frequent on our ditch banks^ and in dry 

 places. It grows six feet high ; fbc leaves rising 

 from the root, arc a foot long, as broad as one* 

 hand, sharp-pointed, serrated about the edges^ and 

 frovered with a wliite downy or woolly matter. The 

 staUi is /hick, firm, and xery upright, and is cover- 

 ed with smaller leaves of the same kind: the flow- 

 ers arc yellow and large: they stand in spikes, of 

 two feet loi^g, three or four only opening at a time ; 



the seeds are small and brown^ the root is long and 



Bhaergy. 



The leaves are used, and those are best whicli 



