4 8 The Ufeful Family HerhdU 





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Broom. 

 GENISTA. 



A Common naked-looking Shrub that _ 



wafle Grounds, and bears yellow Flowers in 

 May. It is two or three Feet high. The Stalks 

 are very tough, angular, and green. The Leaves- 

 are few, and they are alfo fmall ; they grow three 

 together, and ftand at Diftances on the long and 

 flender Stalks. The Flowers are numerous, they 

 are fhaped like a Pea-Bloflbm, and are of a beau- 

 tiful bright Yellow. The Pods are flat and hairy. 



The green Stalks of Broom, infufed in Ale 01* 

 Beer lor the common Drink, operate by Wine^ 

 and remove Obftruftions of the Liver and other 

 Parts ; they are famous in the Droply and Jaun- 

 dice. It is a common Practice to burn them to 

 Afhes, and infufe thofe Afhes in White-wine j 

 thus the fixed Salt is extraded, and the Wine 

 becomes a kind of Lee. This alfo works by Urine 

 more powerfully than the other, but the other n 

 preferable for removinor Obfl:ru6lions. 



Butcher s-B room. 



RUSCUS. 



Little flinibby Plant frequent on our wafe 

 Grounds and Heaths, with fmall prickly 

 Leaves and bufliy Tops. The Plant grows a 

 Foot and a half high. The Stalks are roundifli, 

 itriated, thick, and very tough. They are naked 

 towards the Bottom, and divide into fome 

 Branches towards the Top: They are there covered 

 with Leaves. Thefe Leaves are fhort, broad, 

 oval, and pointed, the Point runnincr out in a 

 Pnckle ; they are of a bluifli Green,° and very 



thick and flefhy. The Flowers are feldom re- 

 garded ; 



