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114 Tlje XJfeful Family Her hat. 



caufe of this fiimy Juices we cannot well dry an/ 

 other w^ay •, probably this would loofe its vomit- 

 ing Quality when driedj and would aft only as an 

 Opener of Obftrudtions, in which Cafe, it might 

 be given in repeated Dofcs ; for at prefent no bo' 

 dy will be prevailed upon to take it often. 



The freHi Root bruifed and applied to frelh 

 Wounds heals them Very fuddenly. Applied to 

 Strains and Bruifes, it is alfo excellent, taking 

 away the Swelling and Pain. 



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The Great Dais v. 

 BELLIS MAJOR. 



Beautiful and ftately wild Plant, which, if it 

 were not frequent in our Fields, w^ould doubt- 

 lefs be efteemed in Gardens. It grov/s to a Foot 

 high. The Stalks are angulated flender, but firm 

 and upright : The Leaves are oblong, narrow, 

 dented round the Edges, aiid of a beautiful deep 

 Green. The P'lowers Itand on the Tops of the 

 Branches, They are white, and an Inch broad ; 

 very like the white China Starwort fo much 

 efteemed in our Gardens. The Root is flender. 



The Flowers are the Part ufed. They are to be 

 gathered when newly opened, and dried, and may 

 afterwards be given in Powder or Infufion. They 

 are good againft Coughs and Shortnefs of Breath, 

 and in all Diforders of the Lungs. They are 

 balfamic and flrengthening. * 



ihe Little Daisy 



BELLIS MINOR. 



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Prcttv wild 



Defcription, but too much neglec'led for 



-^Irtue^i. The Leaves are oDiong, broad, and ob- 



are three or four Inches high, 



and 



fe. The Stalks 



