7Z^ Ufeftil Fa7nUy HerhaL 



Vinegar, and ufe it outwardly for the Itch, which^ 

 it cures very fafely.' 



A 



Ale HO OF or Ground-Ivy. 



HEDERA TERRESTRIS. 



i 



Low Plant that creeps about Hedges and 

 flowers in Spring. The Stalks are hollow 

 and fquare, a Foot or more in Length ; the Leav-es 

 are roundiHi and notched at the Edges : In Spring 

 they are ufually of a purplifh Colour, and the 

 Flowers are blue ; the Leaves ftand two at each 

 Joint, and the Roots are fibrous. The whole 

 Plant has a peculiar and llrong Smell, it Ihould 

 be gathered when in Flower. 



It is an excellent Vulnerary, outwardly or in- 

 wardly ufed ; a Conferve may be made of it in 

 Spring : And it may be given by Way of Tea. 

 It is excellent in all Diforders of the Breaft and 

 Lungs, and in thole of the Kidnies, and againft 

 bloody and foul Urine. 



HEAL OR Clown's A 



A 



PANAX COLONL 



Common Herb in our wet Grounds with loner 

 hairy Leaves and little red Flowers. It grows 

 to a Foot and a half high, but the Stalk is weak, 

 fquare, and hairy: The Leaves ftand two at a 

 Joint, and are of a pale Green notched at the 

 Edges, and of a Itroiig Smelj ; the Flowers ftand 

 in Clufters round tlie Stalk at the Joints. They 

 are like thofe of the Dead-nettle kind but fmaller, 

 the Root is perennial and creeps. 



It is an excellent Wound Herb, but mull be 

 ufed frefh. The Leaves are to be bruiled and 

 laid upon a new-made Wound; without any Ad- 

 dition ; they ftop the Bleeding, and cure. 



B 2 Almond- 



