^he Ufeful Family Herbal. 



(-jLary 



1 



Clary. 



HORMINUM. 



common Plant in our Gardens 



very beautiful, but kept for its Virtue*. It 

 grows two Feet and a half high ; the Leaves are 

 l"ough, ahd the Flowers of a whitiih blue. The 

 Stalks are thick, flefhy, and upright ; they are 

 clammy to the Touch, and a little hairy. The 

 Leaves are large, wrinkled, and of a dulky Green, 

 broad at the Bafe, and fmaller to the Point, which 

 is obtufe ; the Flowers ftand in long lodfe Spikes, 

 they are dilpofed in Circles round the upper Parts 

 of the Stalks, and are gaping and large, the Cups 

 in which they ftand are robuft and in fome Degree 



P"ckly- ... 



The whole Herb is ufed frefh or dried. It is 



cordial, and in fome Degree aftringerit. It 

 ftrengthens the Storriach, is ^ood againft Head- 

 achs, and ftops the ^Miites, but for this laft Pur- 

 pofe, it is neceflary tb take it a long Time ; and 

 there are many Remedies more powerful. 



There is a kind of wild Clary on our Ditch 

 Banks, and in dry Grounds, which is fuppofed 

 to polTefs the fame Virtues with the Garden kind. 

 The Seeds of this are put into the Eyes to take 

 out any little ofFenfive Subftance fallen into them* 

 As foon as they are put in, they gather a Coat 

 of Mucilage about them, and tliis catches hold 

 of any little thing it meets with in the Eye. Dr. 



Parfons has perfedly explained this in his Book 

 of Seeds, 



i Clea 



