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\"iOLET, Violn. ^ 



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A COMMON wild plant in our woods and 

 liedgeSj but of a fragrance superior to all that 

 -wc receive from the rich East. It is a little^ low^ 

 treeping plant, obscure even when in flower ; the 

 6(a1ks are rounds green^ and creeping; they do 

 Bot rise up^ but spread themselves along the groundi 

 faking root at the joints ; the leaves rise fronfi 

 these rooted parts ; they are large and stand each 

 on a long foot stalk. They are of a heart-like 

 shape, and dented round the edgeSj and of a deep 

 green. The flowers are small and of a deep and 

 beautiful purple ; they stand singly on , snort foot 

 stalks arising among the leaves^ and covered by 

 them. 



The flt^wers are the part used; boiling ^vater 



is to lie poured upon them just enough to cover 

 them, and it is to stand all nicrht ; when it is 



strained clear oT, the sugar is to l»e added to it, 

 at the rate of two pounds io each pint, and it is io 

 be melted over the fire ; this makes syrup of 

 tiolets, an excellent gentle purg6 for childrent 

 The leaves are fiiicd also^, and are used in the 

 decoctions fur cl vsters. An infusion of them worki 



bj urine. 



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Viper's Grass. Scorzonera. 



^ TALL and handsoir'e plant, native of the 



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It i;^ three feet high ; the stalk is round, thuk, , 

 uprsght, ami firm; the leaves are numerous and 

 sttnd irrcg'ilarly ; thej are !od^, narfo\>, of a 



