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«nd the beft Way is to fplit r'^is in two, and then 

 ftring up the feparate Farts for dry in ^ 

 - It is needlefs to enumerate the Examples of the 

 feveral Kinds of Roots herej th^y follow in the.. 

 Places : But if the charitable Ladv would on firfV 



looking over this Book, to fee what are moli ufe- 

 fu], order her Gardener to take out of his Groundi 

 and to feek in the Fields the fcreral I^oots there 

 hientlpned, and fee them dried and preferved ac- 

 cording to thefe Dire(5lions j fhe would be pofTef- 

 fed of a Set of Drugs of a new Kind indeed, but 

 they would fave the Price of many brought frorn. 



other Countries, and might be ufed with Isfs 

 Papger. 



; The Barks of Trees make but a fmall Part c 

 the Eff^lijb Drugs, and mofl: of them are beft freih, 

 bi.it fuch as will prefen'c and retain their Virtues 

 dried, are very eafiiy prepared that Way : No> 

 thing more is required, than to cut them into mo- 

 derate Piecesj and firing them up in the fame 

 Manner as die Roots. When they are dry they 



are to be put up as the others ; and they will 

 keep ever fo long -, but in all this Time they are 

 for the moi): Part hrmg of their Virtues. 

 " It may be prudent to preferve Drugs brought 

 from abroad a great while, becaufe of their Price i 

 but as thcfe coft only the Trouble of gatherin"- 

 and prefcrving them, I would advife, that the 

 whole Shop be renewed every Year -, what is left 

 pf the old Parcel of every Kind, being thrown 

 away as the frelh one is colkfted in its Seafon. 



The Place for keeping thcfc Ihould be a dry 

 Roorfl, neither damp nor hot ; and they fhould 

 nov/ and then be looked at, to fee that they are 

 in order •, that they do not grow mouldy, or'fmell 

 puilly through Damp, or becomx lighter, and 



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