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164 TiS^ ^f^f^il Family Herbal. 



■ The Root is ufed. It is fo pleafant in Tafte, 



that it may be eaten in the Manner of Carrots, 



and other Roots at Table, but it exceeds them all 



in its QiiaUties. It is an excellent Reftorativc, 



and will do great Service to People after long 111- 



nefies : The beft Way of giving it for this Pur- 



pofe, is to boil it firil in Water, and then cutting 



it to Pieces, boil it again in Milk, which is to be 



rendered palatable in the ufual Way i it becomes 



thus, a moft excellent Medicine, in the form of 

 Food. 



Goats Rue. 

 G^LEGA. 



_ Ji^ Tall Plant, Native of ttaty, but kept with us 



in Gardens. It grows a Yard high. The 

 Stalks are round, flriated, hollow, not very firm 

 or ftrong, and of a pale green Colour : They are 

 very much branched, and not altogether upright. 

 The Leaves are long and large, each is compofed 

 of feveral Pairs of fmaller Leaves, with an odd 

 one at the End of the Rib ; thefe are oblong, 

 narrow, and of a yellowifii green Colour, thin, 

 and not at all indented at the Edges. The Flow- 

 ers arefmall, and of a bluifh and whitifh Colour; 

 they Hand a great many upon the fame Pedicle, 

 in a drooping Pofture. 



The whole Plant is ufed. It is to be gathered 

 when juft come to Flower, and dried, and after- 

 wards given in Infufion : This gently promotes 

 Sweat, and is good in Fevers ; fo much is true of 

 the Virtues ot this Plant, but much more has 



been faid of it. 



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