FAMILY PHYSICIAN. 67 
some. been employed in this country as a tonic 
; ter. It is very useful in dysentery, hysterics, 
Es 
White Ball. 
This is also. called Pe ee shrub, little 
ent swampwoo dogwood, Bidet globe 
iT 
“It is a fine or rane shrub, growing from 
five to ‘fifteen feet high, very branched, bark yel- 
‘low brown, ‘spotted with red, rough on stems, 
leaves from two to four inches long, smooth both — 
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sides, flow ream white color, forming 
round balls, sweet sce:ited, fringed, and } 
large as a walt 3 ound mostly near 
ca ae lee ne 
made with the Aoters : and ae which is a 
mild laxative and tonic. The most efficient , 
is the bark of the root. -A decoction of it cures~ 
intermittent iclceatitt on the bowels at the 
same time, and is useful in relaxed bowels, or 
diarrhoea, : ae 
. Winter Brake. 2: = 
Royce = ¥iaa of evergreen plant puttin 
w branches every spring, at the time the old 
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