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204 The Ufefid Family Herb ah 



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LarksSpur. 



DELPHINIUM. 



Common Flower in our Gardens, but not 

 without its Virtue. It grows a Yard high i 

 the Stalks are round, upright, firm, and of a 

 pale Green. The Leaves are cut into a Multitude 

 of long, narrow, and very' fine Divifions, and 

 are of a deep green Colou r, and the Flowers which 

 grow in long Spikes at the Tops of the Branches 

 are naturally blue, but often red or white. They 

 are moderately large and have a kind of Spur be- 

 hind. 



The Leaves are ufed ; they muft be boiled frelh 

 in Water, and the Decodion is good againfl the 

 Bleeding Piles. It Hops the Hemorrhage, and at 

 the fame Time cools the Body, whereas too many 

 of the reftringent Medicines are heating. 



Lavender. 



LAVENDULA. 



II Common Plant in our Gardens, Native of the 

 warmer Parts oi Europe-, it is of a Ihrubby 

 Nature in the Stem, but the reft is herbaceous, 

 it grows a Yard high. The Trunk, or main Stem, 

 IS th]ck, woody, firm, and covered with a whltilh 

 Bark. 1 he young Shoots from this are tender 

 and greenilh, and on thefe ftand tlie L 



They are long, narrow, of a pale green Colour 



, ^, each Joint. The Stalks which 



beartne Flowers are fquare, green, and naked; 

 the Flowers ftand m fhort Spikes, or Ears, they 

 are finall, blue, and very fragrant j the Cups of 

 the Flowers are whitifh. ^ 



Thefe Flowers are the Part ufed ; they are good 



againft all Diforders of the Head and Ne?ves, 



They 



