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and Unie make a cement as hard as marble. Seeds kill 

 mice. Ought to be cult- in swamps. 

 ULMUS FULVA, Mx. Jied, Slippery or Sweet Elm. 



This sp. is the best officinal Elm. The inner bark is 

 used, it is fulvous, rather brittle and very mucilaginous. 

 It contains fecula, ulmine and gum- Edible, very mild, 

 ^yet very efficient demulcent, diuretic, pectoral, deob- 

 struent, emollient, &:c. Used in decoction, infusion, 

 poultice, &c- The powder is a flour making a jelly like 

 arrow root with warm water. Useful in all urinary and 

 bowel complaints, strangury, sorethroat, catarrh, pneu- 

 monia, pleurisy, inflammation of the stomach and bowels, 

 dropsy, scurvy, scorbutic spots, herpes, inveterate erup- 

 tions and even lepra. It has cured lepra being continued 

 several months. When most diuresis is produced, the 

 effect is certain. Beneficial in diarrhea, dysentery, cho- 

 lera infantum, &c. Very nutritive, but eaten alone pro- 

 duces sour stomach and eructations. Medical doses of 

 the flour a small spoon full, with as much sugar dissolved 

 in water. Very useful externally in poultice for ulcers,^ 

 tumors, swellings, shot wounds, (help to extract the ball) 

 chilblains, burns, cutaneous eruptions, eresypelas, felons, 

 old inveterate sores, scabs ; sore mouth or thrush in 

 wash. It allays inflammation, promotes suppuration and 

 heals speedily. Equivalent to sarsaparilla in almost all 

 casesl A specific to procure easy labour to pregnant 



wnmpn hv ficmfy thp. fp.i for 2 months Drevious, well 



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often been noticed -, now becoming in general use. Said 

 to have cured fevers by repeated topical poultices on 

 the abdomen. We have 6 other native Elrn trees, all 

 eq, but less efficient, bark tougher, often bitterish and 

 subastrin'^ent. In Norway bread is made with it. The 

 outside bark soaked in water makes ropes. Wood very 

 tough and durable, used for wheels, tools, ^c. Seeds are 



esculent. Leaves emollient* 



ULV V Lu Sea Lctlnce. Manv sp. edjl>le, in sailad, 

 boiled or pickled, such as U. laatuca, tmibihcahs, palma- 

 ia, edulis, ciliata, &c. Liked by sheep, contain lodme, 

 mild eq. oi Fucus, furnish good manure, b. sacchan7W. 

 very m>od boiled in milk, contain^ 20 substances, mucus. 



bydriodate of potash, &c. 



