J%e Ufiful Family Her hah 131 



DwARir Elder. 



EBULUS. 



Plant fo much refcmbling the common Elder 

 Tree, that it may be eafily miflaken for it 



till examined. It grows four or five. Feet high. 



The Stalks are green, roimd, tender, and uprig 



they have very much the Appearance of tlie 

 young Shoots of Elder, but there is no woody 

 Part from whence they fife, the Leaves are large, 

 and compofed of feveral Pairs of others, as thofe 

 of Elder, with an odd one at the End; but thelc 

 are longer than in the Elder, and they are ferrated 

 round the Edges. The Flowers are fmall and 

 white, but they ftand in very large Cluflers or 

 Umbels, jufh as thofe of the Elder; and they are 

 fucceeded by Berries which are black when ripe, 

 but that is a Condition in which we feldom fee 

 them, for the Birds are fo fond of them, they eats 

 them as they come to Maturity. The Root is 

 white and creeping, and the whole Plant dies down 

 every Year to the Ground. ^ 



It is v/ild in England^ but not common, a great 

 Quantity of it grows at the Back ofCupers Gar- 

 dens. It may be dried : But the bell Way of 

 giving it is in the Juice. This works ftrong 

 both by Stool and Urine, and has often cured 

 Dropfies. 



Dye r's Weed. 

 LUTEOLA. 



A Ver)^ fmgular and pretty wild Plant; it grows 



^^ on dry Banks and upon Walls, and is known 

 at fight by its upright Stalks, and very lor.g 

 Spikes of greenifn yellow Flowers, It gro\v^ to 



foi r Feet or more in Height. The Stalk is thick, 



K 2 firm. 



