290 FAMILY HERBAL. 



The wood is said to be good in nervous disorders, 

 but we seldom make any use of it. 



Rosemary. JRosmariniis. 



A PRETTY sbrub, wild in Spain and France, 

 and kept in our gardens. It is five or six feet 

 high, but weak^ and not well able to support itself. 

 The trunk is covered with a rou^h bark. The 

 leaves stand very thick en the brandies^ which are 

 brittle and slender : they are narrow, an inch long, 

 and thicks and they are of a deep green on the 

 upper side^ and wliitish underneath. The flowers 

 stand atthe tops pf the branches among the leaves ; 

 they are large and very beautiful^ of a greyisb co- 

 lour^ with a somewhat reddish tinge, and of a very 

 fragrant smell. Rosemary, when in flower^ makes 



a very beautiful appearance. 



The flo^yery tops of rosemary, fresh gathered, 

 contain its greatest virtue. If they are used in 

 the manner of tea, for a continuance of time, they 

 are excellent against head-achs, tremblings of the 

 limbs, and all other nervous disorders. A conserve 

 is made of them also, which very well answers 

 this purpose : but when the conserve is made only 

 of the picked flowers, it has less' virtue. The con- 

 serve is best made by beating up the fresh gathered 

 tops with three times their weight of sugar. The 

 famous Hungary water is made also of these flow- 

 ery tops of rosemarv. Put two pound of these into 

 a common still, with two gallons of melasses spirit, 

 and distil off one gallon and a pint. This is Ilun- 

 Ijary water. 



Rosa Sous, or Sundew. Has solis. 

 A VBRY singular and very prettj little plant. 



