280 FAMILY HERBAL. 



than those from the root. The flowers are very 

 numerous small and white^ with some spots of red. 

 The pods are thick, long, and spungy, 



The juice of the radish roots fresh gathered^ 

 ■with a little white wine, is an excellent remedy 

 against the gravel. Scarce any thing operates 

 more speedily by urine, or brings away little st jnes 

 more successfully. 



Horse Radish. Raphanus rnsticanus. 



A PLANT as well known in our gardens as the 

 otherj and wild also in many places. The root is. 

 Tery long, and of an exceedingly acrid taste, so that 

 it cannot be eaten as the other. The leaves are 

 two feet long, and half a foot broad, of a deep 

 green colour, blunt at the point, and a lit- 

 tle indented at the edges : sometimes there arc 

 leaves deeply cut and divided, but that is an 



accidental variety. The stalks are a yard high : 

 The leaves on them are very small and narrow, and 

 at the tops stand little white flowers, in long spikes : 

 these are followed by little seed-vessels. The plant 

 seldom flowers, and when it does, the seeds scarce 

 ever ripen. It is propagated sufficiently by the 

 root, and wherever this is the case, nature is less 

 careful about seeds. 



The juice of horse radish root operates very 

 powerfully by urine, and is good against the jaun- 

 dice and dropsy. The root. whole, or cut to pieces, 

 is put into diet drink, to sweeten the blood ; and the 

 eating frequently and in quantities, at table, is good 

 against the rheumatism. 



Ragwort, Jacod^ca. 



A WILD plant, very common in our pastures. 



