PAMILY PHYSICIAN. en § 
most any form without breaking. It usually 
ws in forests of beach, maple and basswood. 
It is a powerful emetic ae catha A ta- 
ble-spoonful of the .extracted juice, ele . he 
stomach, and intestines effectually. 
: Wild Cucumber. 
This shoots up a small round stall, a foot and 
e po ak 
ssesses a strengthening, cooling, an 
nourishing quality. The fresh root, eaten "early 
in the morning, affords much relief in consump- 
tive and debilitated cases. Half a dozen or 
r = Font m 
empt 
bles the taste ou a oid turnip. 
— a ies ama ‘oa de pee 
; Robot 
_ This plant is ee, and grows itz i 
abundance in most parts of the United ~te 
ow 
with white, yellow and purple; its leaves are 
sword shai seed The roots grow in mats, and have 
ac. 
Dr, ‘Elisha Smith, formerly President of the 
Society of Botanic Ph: hysicians in New York, in 
speaking of this plant, says: Its root possesses 
