44 T'h Ufeful Family Herbal 



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Blue-Bottle. 



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A Very common and a very pretty Weed among 

 **■" our Corn j the Leaves are narrow, and of a 

 whitilh Green ; and the Flowers of a very beauti- 

 ful Blue and large. The Plant is about a Foot 

 high, and, when in Flower, makes a confpicuous 

 and elegant Appearanc^. The Root is hard and 

 fibrous; the Stalk is very firm, white and angu- 

 lated, and branched. The I^eaves that grow from 

 the Root have fome Notches on the Edges ; thofe 

 on the Stalk have none, and they are narrow like 

 Blades of Grafs \ the Flowers Hand only on the 

 Tops of the Branches, and they grow out "of 

 fcaly Heads. The Seeds are beautiful, hard, white, 

 and fhining. 



The Leaves which grow on the Stalks of the. 

 Blue-Bottje frelh gathered and bruifed, will ftop 

 the Bleeding of a freih Wound, even if a large 

 Veflel be cut. They are not fufficiently known 

 for this Purpole, but they exceed all other Things : 

 And may fave a Life where a Surgeon is not to be 

 had in Time for flich an Accident. A diftilled 

 Water of the Flowers ufed to be kept in the Shops, 

 but it was of no Value. An . Infufion of them 

 "works gently by Urine. 



There is a large kind of this Plant in Gardens, 

 which is called a Vulnerary or Wpund Herb. But 

 it Is not fo good as this. 



The B o x-T r e e, 



BUXUS. 



A Common little Shrub in our Gardens, and a 

 -'^ Native of our own Country, though not 



commpn in its wild State. With us it grows but 



