tjo Hoe Ufeful Family Hei^haL 



Gr O UN D S E L. 



ERIGERON SIVE SENECIO. 



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A Common Weed in our Gardens, and upon 



Walls, with little yellow Flowers, and downy 



Seeds ; it grows eight Inches high ^ the Stalk is 



round, flefliy, tolerably upright, and green or 



purpiifh i the Leaves are oblong, broad, blunt. 



and divided at the Edges. The Flowers are 

 fmall and yellow, they grow in a Sort of long 

 Cups, at the Tops of the Stalks and Branches. 



The Juice of this Herb is a gentle and very 

 good Emetic. It caufes vomiting without any 

 great Irritation or Pain; and it is aifo good for 

 cutaneous FouIncfTes applied outwardly. 



The GuAiAcuM Tree. 



GUAIACUM. 



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ee. Native of the Wejl-lndks, and to 

 be feen in fome of our curious Gardens. 

 The Fruit is very large, aind the Branches are 

 numerous; the Leaves are fmall, each is compoied 

 of two or three. Pair of fmall er ones, with no odd 

 Leaf at the End oi the Rib. Thefe are fhort, 

 broad, roundifh, and of a dullcy green Colour. 

 The Flowers are fnialt and yellow, but they grow 

 in large Cluflers together, fo tliat the Tree when 

 in Bloom, makes a very pretty Appearance. 



The Bark and Wood are the only Parts of the 

 Tree ufed, they are given in Decoftion, to . 

 mote Sweat, and fo cleanfe the Blood ; they^ are 



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which arife from 



Scurvy, and 



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monly called Foulnefs of tlie Blood, but they 



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