2ib FAMILY herbal: 



The nutmeg is an excellent spice, it strengtheni 

 the stomach, and assists digestion. It will stop 

 vomitiiig-s^ and is good against the colic. When 

 roasted before ihe lire, and mixed with a small quan- 

 tity of rhubarb, it is the best of all remedies against 

 p.argings. 



O. 



The Oak, Qiiercus 



A NOBLE and stately trce^ native of our coun- 

 try, and nowhere growing to so great perfection. 

 It is very tall^ and though irregular in the dispo- 

 sition of its branches, that very irregularity has 



e trunk is very thick ; the branches 



ck 



the bark is brown 



and rough : the leaves are large^ ohloug, broad^ 

 aad deeply cut in at the edges, ai^d they are of a 

 shining green. The flowers are inconsiderable,. 

 I'he tVuit is the acorn, well known. Galls are pro- 

 duced upon the oak, not as fruity but from the 

 wounds made by an insect. 



. The bark of the oak is a very powerful astrin- 

 gent ; it stops purgings, and overflowings of the 

 menses, given in powder ; a decoction of it is cx- 



rellent for tlie fallinsr down of tlie uvula, or as it 



\\ 



ed the falling down of the palate of the mo 



mand 



gent is required. 



the East Indies, it would 



held 



The Scarlet Oak, Ilex. 



A SHRUB pot much regarded on its ov,n ac- 

 count, but from the ^isect called kermeSj wliic^ 



