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and for a long Time together; The frefh Roots 

 bruifed and applied externally, are faid alfo to be 

 excellent for the Evil. They cool and give Eafe 

 in the Piles, applied as a Pnltice.- ; 



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The Fir Tree. 



ABIES. 



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Wild , Tree in Germany and many other Parts 

 oi Europe, but with us only kept in Gar- 

 dens. We have no kind of the Fir Native : V/hat 

 is called the Scotch Fir, is not a Fir but a Pine. 



The Fir-tree grows to a confiderable Height, 

 and with great Regularity. The Trunk is covered 

 with a rouo-h and cracked Bark, of a refinous 

 Smell ; the Leaves are numerous, and ftand 

 very beaiatifully on the Branches. They ftand in 

 two Rows, one oppofite to the other, and are 

 oblong, but fomewhat broad and flat. They are 

 of a pale Green, and of a whitifli Hue under- 

 death. The Tree is hence called the Silver Fir, 

 and from the Difpoficion of the Leaves, the 

 Te^ -leaved Fir, for they grow as in the Yew- 

 Tree. The Fruit or Cones ftand upright j in this 

 kind, they are long, thick, and brown. 



The Tops of this kind are great Sweetners of 

 the Blood, and they work powerfully by Urine. 

 They are beft given in Diet Drinks, or brewed in 

 the Beer, which is commonly drank. 



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The Red Fir Tree, or Pitch 



Tree. 

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A Tall Tree^ -but not fo regular in its Growth, 



or in the Difpofition of its Leaves as the other. 



The Trunk is thick, the Bark redifh, and the 



Wood fofc. Thr Branches arc numerous, and 



L they 



