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kept open in good Weather; the Bunches are to 

 be half a Foot afunder, and they are to hang till 

 perfedly dry. They are then to be Taken^ foftly 

 down, without fliaking off the Buds of the Flow- 

 ers, and laid evenly in a Drawer, prefling thei-rf 



ddwrf 



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thus ready for Infufions or Dccodions, and are' 

 better for Diftillation, than when frefh. 



The Flowers of Plants are principally ufed, 



frefli, though feveral particular Kinds retain their 



Virtue very well dried; they are on thefe different 



Occafions to be treated differently. ' ] 



■ Lavender Flowers, andthofeof Stoecha, keep 



very well, they are therefore to be prefcrved dry 



the Lavender Flowers are to be ftriped off the' 

 Stalks, Hufk and all together, and fpread upon the- 

 Floor of a Room to dry : ,The Stoechas Flowers 

 are to be prefer\''ed in the whole Head ; this is to' 

 be cut off from the Top of the Stalk, and dried^ 

 in the fame Manner : When dry, they are to be' 

 kept as the Herbs. 



When Rofemary Flowers are dried, they are' 

 generally taken with fome of the Leaves about 

 them, and this is very, right, for the Leaves re- 

 tain more Virtue than the Flowers. Some dry 

 Borage, Buglofs, and Cowflips, but they retain 

 very Httlc Virtue in that Condition. Rofe* Buds 

 are to be dried, and to this Purpofe, their white 

 Heads are to be cut off; and the full blown Flow- 

 ers m"ay be' preferved" in the fame Mariner. The 

 Red Rofe is always meant, when we fpeak of the 



dried 



For the reft of the Flowers ufed in Med 



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they are beft frefh, but as they temain only a 

 fmall Part of the Year in that State, the Method 

 is to preferve them in the Form of Syrups and 



Conferves. Such as the Syrup of Cloves and Pop- 



' a 4 pies, 



