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The WalKut Tree. . Juglqns 



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'""' A COMMON Tree m our gardens ; it grow« 

 to a great bignoss^ and is very mucB branched* 

 The leaves j^re vory targe and long ; each is coni'^ 

 VoseA of a double row of smaller, and has an odd 

 one at the end. These are each of an oval figure 

 and yellowish gre^n colour, and of a pleasant 

 smell. The flowers are Jitfte ; they/^ are yellow- 

 ish, and arranged in loose catkins. The fruit is 

 "Covered wTlh a green thick coat, and has* with- 

 in a kernel divided into parts, and of an uneven 

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The bark of the walnut tree is a good emetic, 

 it maybe given in infusion, or dried and powder- 

 ed , it vomits easily and plentifully. The skin 

 that covers the kernel is good against fluxes. 



\Vall*Flower. jLeucoiuffi. 



A COMMON wild plant, but not without 

 bcaut\ ; it is frequent on old walls, and has yel- 

 low and sweet-sceiited flowers. The stalks are 



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"Woody, and a loot and half high ; the leaves arc 



very numerous, longish, narrow, and of a dead 



green. The flowers stand in a kind of spikes, at 



the tops of the stalks, and arc yellow and mode« 



fely large. The seeds arc contained in long 

 )ds. 



The flowers are used ; and an infusion of them 

 fresh is good against the head-ach, and in all nerT- 

 oils disorders. They are also good to steep in oil, 

 to which they give a cordial warmth, and make 

 it good against pains in the limhs. But they are 



Bot either way much used at present. 



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