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Things for the fame Purpofe at Hand, that thefe 

 are not much regarded. 



Hedge Mustard. 



ERYSIMUM. 



A Very common wild Plant, and of no great 

 -^^ Beauty ; it is frequent about old Walls, and 

 in Farm Yards, and is diftinguifhed by its Ion 

 Spikes of Pods, which are lodged cicfe upon the 

 Stalk. It grows two Feet in Height, the Stalk 

 is round, firm, upright, but not always quite 

 itrait, and a Httle branched. The Leaves are of 

 a pale green Colour, hairy, oblong, and deeply 

 indented at the Edges. The Flowers are fmall 



and yellow, and they commonly ftand at the Tops 

 of long Spikes of Pods, which have been Flqwers 

 before them. 



The whole Plant is ufed, an Infufion of it frelh 

 is the beft Way of taking it. This difToIves tot 

 •Phlegm, and is excellent in Aflhmas, Hoarle 

 neffes, and other Complaints of the Breaft. This 

 fimple Infufion, made into a Syrup with Honey, 

 alfo anfwers the fame Purpofe, and keeps all the 

 Year. 



• Hemlock. 



CI CUT A. 



A Large, tall, and handfome umbelliferous Plant, 

 '^*- frequent in our Hedges. It grows to fix 



Feet in Height, the Stalk is round, firm, hollow, 

 and upright ; it is of a dark Green, and often 

 llained with purple and yellow. The Leaves are 

 very large, and divided into very fine and nume- 

 rous Partitions. The Flowers are fmall and white, 

 and ftand in large Clufters on the Tops of the 

 StaJks. The Seeds are roundilh. The whole 



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