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The Ufeful Family Herhal 1 5 1 



DecoOion cures the Bloody Flux, and is good a- 

 gmnft the Overflowing of the Menfes. 



Flower Gentle. 

 AMARANTHUS. 



A Garden Flower. There arc many Kinds of it 5 

 but that ufed in Medicine, is the large one 

 with the drooping purple Spike. It grows to four 

 Feet high. The Stalk is fii'm, round, and clian- 



^^^«r, fnmpflmes- but often red. Ine 



lied, green fometimes 



Leaves are oblong and broad, even at the bdgi 

 and pointed at the Bnds : They are very larc 

 and are often tinged with red. The Flowers ; 

 .rr.1^ and they grow in long beautiful bpii 



■pie 



g downwards. 



Flowers are the Part ufed. They are to be 



2d when not quite full blown, and dried. 



They are good again 



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of the Menfes, in Povrder or Decoftion. 



Flower de Luce. 



IRIS. 



A Common Flower in our Gardens. The Plant 

 grows three Feet high. The Leaves are a 

 Foot and a half long, narrow, flat, and in ad 

 Refpefts like the Leaves of Flags, and ot a bl 

 ilh Green. The Stalks are round, or a little «' 

 ted, thick, firm, upright, and of a greener Lo- 

 lour. The Flowers are large, and of a deep Kluc, 

 The Root fpreads about the Surface and is thick, 

 and of a browniOi Colour, and marked with 



Rings. r 1 • -nt 



The Juice of the frefh Roots of this Piant 

 bruifed with \\Tiite Wine, is a foong Purge, it v/iil 

 fometimes alfo vomit ; but that is not hurtful, »t 



Cure forDropfies. Gordon, an old l^uc 



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