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182 ABALON, 



6. Many economical uses will be added, as well as 

 several useful or remarkable facts worthy of notice. 

 Most of the vulgar names will also be given. 



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ABALON (Adamson) ALBIFLORUM, U^LBlazing 

 Star, DeviVs Bit^DevWs Root^ liattle-snake Root^ Een- 

 horn^ ^"C. [Verateum hiteum^ Z. Melanthium divicun\ 

 1\ Helonias dioica of others.) Root large tuberous, nau- 

 seous, pungent bitter. It is tonic, diuretic^ sialagogue, 

 and vermifuge. In large doses, emetic. The plant kills 

 cattle feeding on it. The decoction kills insects, bugs, 

 and lice. Corn steeped 24 hours in it before so\ying, is 

 not eaten by birds. Used by empirics and Indians for 

 choUcs, fevers, worms, &c. As wash in scurvy, which 

 produces diuresis by the mere external application. 

 Carver relates an Indian story about being once a cure 

 for all disorders, the devil bit off part of the root to 

 "^ lessen its value, whence the name. It has been driven 



from o-enus to genus, while it was a peculiar one. I have 

 adopted the good name of Adamson. The flowers are 

 white and not yellow, indioical racemes. Estival, from 

 New England" to Florida and Kentucky, in meadows 



and savannas. 



ABIES, J. Fir or Spruce Trees, Tall Evergreens, 



wrongly united to Pines by L. the tallest trees ot Noiiii 

 America, some reaching 300 feet. A dozen species are 

 spread from Canada to Alaska and Carolina, all equally 

 useful, ornamental, and medical- They are : 1, ^^ bal- 

 samea. L. or Balsam Fir. 2. •^. canadensis^ L. Hemlock 

 Spruce. 3. d. nigra. 4. A alba. 5. A. rtibra. or black, 

 white, and red Spruce trees, all united to the second by 

 H L. besides 6 species of the Oregon country called by 



me, 6. A. trigona. 7. v3. heterophyUa. 8- Ji\ aromatica. 

 % Jl.micTopkyila. 10. M.obiiquUa. ll.^-/a/ca/a,Raf- 

 Those which have a balsamic smell, produce in small 

 bladders on the branches, the Canada Balsam, (wrongly 

 r^'-\ Balm of Gilead) which is healing, useful for in- 

 lemal and external sores. It is injurious in recent 



good after they he^ln to heai. It may be 



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