tloe Ufeful Family Herbal. 2 oy 



is good againfl Afthmas, Coughs, and Obflruc- 

 tions in the Breaft and Lungs. It anfwers the 

 fame Purpofes, with Syrup of Garlic, but it' will 

 agree with fome, who cannot bear that Me- 

 dicine. 



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The LemonTree. 



LIMONIA MALUS. 



Shrub, Native of the warmer Countries, and 

 frequent in our Green-houfes, very beauti^ 

 ful and fragrant. The Trunk is moderately thick, 

 a;id covered with a brown Bark, the Branches are 

 numerous, irregular, and befet with Prickles. The 

 Leaves are large, and very beautiful, of an oval 

 Figure, and fet upon a naked Stalk ; they are of 

 a beautiful Green, and remain on the Tree all 

 Winter. The Flowers are large and white, of a 

 thick firm Subflance, and very fragrant SmelL 

 The Fruit we are fufficiently acquainted with •, its 

 Shape is oblong, and its Rind of a pale yellow 

 Colour, it has a Part like a Nipple at each End.. 

 ts Smell is very fragrant, and its Juice four. 

 ' The Peel and the Juice of the Fruit are ufed. 

 The Peel is ftomachic and warm, it is a good In- 

 gredient in bitter Infufions. The Juice made mtp 

 a Syrup with twice its Weight of fine Sugar, is 

 excellent for fweetening Juleps and Drinks_ in Fe- 

 vers, and mixed with Salt of Wormwood, it ftops 



Vomitings. 



Le A D W 



PENTILLARIA SIVE PLUMBAGO 



A Little Plant, Native < 

 and kept in our Gardens. It is 

 the Stalks are fiender, tough, and 



able to fupport theniielves upright. 



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