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cine ; it works by urine, and is an universal bal- 

 sam. It is good in coughs and all other disorders 

 of the lungs ; and it stops tlie whites, and the 

 Weaknesses after venereal complaints. 



There are several other kinds of turpentine in 

 use in the shops produced from the different trees ; 

 the Venice turpentine is from the larch tree ; the 

 Strasburg turpentine from the yew-leaved fir; 

 and the common turpentine from the wild pine. 

 They all have been mentioned already, under 

 the names of (he several trees which produce 

 them ; bnt this is the finest kind. What is called 

 Cyprus turpentine is obtained from the same tree 

 with the Chio turpentine, the right turpentine tree, 

 but it is coarser and browner^ otherwise the same 

 with the Chio. 



Tutsan. Androscemuin. 



A VERY singular and beautiful plant, and of 



great 



to 



cry 



and under 



many 



gardens. It grows two feet in heights The 

 stalks are firm and smooth, of a reddish colour 

 tolerably upright, and not at all branched, ex- 

 cept for some young shoots near the top. The 

 leaves stand two at each joint, opposite to one 

 another, and at no great distance ; they are very 

 large, and of a shape approaching to oval. Their 

 colour is a brownish green ; they arc smooth and 

 not serrated at the edges. The flowers are not 

 very large, but of a beautiful yellow ; th( 

 semble those of St. John's wort, and are like them 

 full of yellow threads, which, when nibbed, stain 

 i\i^ hands red. The fruit is a kind of berrv, 

 black when ripe, and containing a great quan- 

 tity of small seeds. The whole plant in autumn 



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