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freqiitintly appears of a blood red colour, rery 

 singcilar and beautiful. The root is small^ ivd- 

 dish, and irregular; it creeps under the surface. 

 The leaves are an excellent cure for fresh 

 wounds. Scarce any thing is equal to them. The 

 young and tender ones at the tops of the branches 

 are to be chosen ; they are to be bound upon the 

 woundj and they stop the bleeding and perform 

 a Yery speedy cure. I have had very late and 

 very singular instances of the effects of this herb. 

 Many of the common plants arc celebrated for 

 tills virtucj but the effect of this is surprising. 



Twy Blade. Bifolium. 



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A VERY singular and pretty plant, common^ 

 in our meadows in the beginning of summer. 

 It is a foot high ; the sfalk is round, green, 

 teiider> and upright; it has only two leaves on it, 

 ^nd they grow from the root. They are very 

 l^rge, broad, of an oval figure^ and stand oppo- 

 site to one another, about the middle of tlie stalk 

 or somewhat lower. The flowers arc small and 

 green ; they are of an uncoramon figure, some- 

 what like that of the orchis, and they stand ia 

 a long spike ; the seeds are very small, and the 

 root is smallj slender, and white. 



The fresh gathered plant is used ; an infusion 

 of it made strong, is good against the bleeding of 

 the piles, and the juice is recommended to be ap- 

 plied to them externally. 



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GARDEN Valerian. Valeriana horiensis. 

 A TALL suid beautiful plant native of llie 



