'The Ufeful Family Herbal *2t)3 



for the Overflowings of the Menfcs, for broody 

 Fkixes, and all other Bleedings. Dried and 

 powdered, it anfwers the fame Purpofe, and 



gainft 



The good 



Women in the North of £»^//z»i apply the Leaves 

 to their Breafts, to make them recover their Form 

 after they have been fwelled with Milk. Hence 

 it has got the Name of Ladies Mantle. 



The Larch Tree. 



L AR I X. 



Moderately tall, and in Summer a very beau- 

 tiful. Tree, but tho' one of the refmous kind, 

 and in many refpefts approaching to the Nature 

 of the Fir and Pine, it loofes its Leaves in Win- 

 ter: It is a Native of Ital)\ and is frequent in our 

 Gardens. The Tnmk is rugged and the Branches 

 are covered v/ith a rough Bark of a browniih Co- 

 lour, w^ith a Tinge of redifh. The Leaves are an 

 Inch or more in Length, extremely {lender, and 

 of a bluifli green Colour, and they grow in little 

 Clufters, and different Parts of the Branches. 

 The Flowers are inconfiderable, the Fruit is a 

 Cone, but very fmall. It is not bigger than a little 



Walnut. 



The young Leaves are boiled, and the Liquor 

 is drank to promote Urine, but this is an idle 

 Way of getting at the Virtues of the Tree. Vemce 

 Turpentine is produced from it, and this liquid 

 Refm contains them all in Perfedtion. They cut 

 the Trunk of the Tree deep in the Heat of Sum- 

 mer, and the Refm flows out. This works pow- 

 efully by Urine, and is a noble Balfam ; it is good 

 againft the Whites, and to flop the Running that 

 often remains from a Clap after all the Virulence 

 is removed", but in this Cafe it muil be given caU' 

 tioufly.' 



Larks 



