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a light charcoal, the Y|rj best for gunpowder. The 

 A. undulata, A. glutinosa, A. glauca, &.c. found in 

 mountains and Canada, are equivaleat. The Prinos 

 also called Alder with us, has diflerent properties, and 

 bears red berries ; both are called Sulling bj the Cana- 

 da trihps, who use the barkiu poultice for swellings aud 

 strains. 



ALSTNE MEDIA, L. Chicktveed. Antiscorbutic and 

 pectoral, may be eaten boiled for greens. Birds are 

 fond of it 



ALTHEA OFFICINALIS, L. 3Iarsh Mallow. Eu- 

 ropean plant, becomes spontaneous • with us in manv 

 places. Plant and root mucilaginous, demulcent, emo"- 

 hent ; used m cataplasms, gargles, fomentations, clvs- 

 ters, and decoctions, for diseases of the throat and lungs, 

 bowels bladder, and urethra, also for pains, irritations, 

 and inflammations. Equivalent to mallow and gum 



Arabic, but better. In France, lozenges of it are used 

 tor cough. 



AMANITA, Lam. Mushrooms, with giUs beneath, 

 ana a central support : nearlj 500 species in North 

 America. Several are excell " ' " 



A, imtscaria, A. de^'nonti, A. 

 atbelta, A. aurantiaca, A procera, A. ovoidea, &c. Ml 

 Uie European species are found with us, 50 kinds are 

 eaten ui France, 100 kinds in Italr. Here M'e are afraid 

 ot ihem, and only eat 2 or S. An easy test can teach 

 us whidi are haru. s : boil or cook a white onion with 

 thenu if It retain^, tht cr^ >r, the inushrc.^.^ are good : 

 if &e ■ n becomes hluhh they -e bad or unh Jthv. 



are 



xMany species are poisonous, all the milky ot.; are 

 such, also the bl k and thin kljids. The flesliy a-d 

 firm are c^^^iionlj good : those who have a fine smell 

 are the best, o.me are delirious. Thej may be dried 

 and u ..J for condiment. Dried niushroom;? are an arti- 

 cle of tr.,]e in Italy ; we could collect them in abun- 

 dance* T^ ^y are an es ntia! ingredient of gocxi catchup 

 sauce. When poisonuus mu^iuooms arc eaten by mis- 

 take, the} ...Ja^^ any^^^y^ -:; m?, eonvulsiuns, and 

 lU^ih : the best i.;nedip« are emcucs, t:cher, milk, &.. 



The A. atrammtaria can make ink. The best kind : 



