o n^e Ufeful Family Herhat 



known a Clap cured on a country Fellow, h^ 

 only two Dofes of it. The Juice which ouzes 

 from the Stalk and Roots may be faved, it Tiar- 

 dens into a Subftance like Scammony, and is an 



rj 



Purge 



Coltsfoot. 

 TUSSILAGO. 



A Common wild Herb of excellent Virtues, but 

 ^ fo different in its Spring and Summer, as that 

 it is fcarce to be known for the fame. The Flow- 

 ers appear in Spring without the Leaves j they 

 grow on Stalks fix or eight Inches high, round, 

 thick, flelhy, and of a redifh Colour, on which 

 there fland a kind of Films inftead of Leaves. The 

 Flowers grow one at the Top of each Stalk, they 

 are yellow, and as large as thofe of Dandelion, 

 and like them. 



The Leaves come up after thefe are decayed 

 they aje as broad as ones Hand, roundiih, and fup^ 

 ported each on a thick hollowed Stalk, they are 

 green on the upper fide, and white and downy 

 underneath. The Flowers are not minded, thefe 

 Leaves only are ufed. 



Columbine, 

 AQ^UILEGIA. 



A Common Garden Flower, but a Native alfq 

 ^ of our Country. It grows two Feet hieh ; 

 the Leaves are divided into many Parts gene- 

 rally in a threefold Order 5 the Stalks are 'round, 

 firm, upright, and a litde hairy , the Flowers are 

 blue and krge ; the Seeds are contained in a kind 



^^P^^les._ The Leaves and the Seeds 

 are ufed ; a Decoaion of the Leaves, is faid to 

 be good agamft fore Throats. The Seeds ooen 



of horned 



Obilru^iop"^ 



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