^e Ufefiil Family Herha!. 213 



The Lime Tree. 



TiLlA. 



^Tree common enough in Parks and Gardens, 

 and when in Flower very beautiful and fra- 



; the Trunk is , thick, and t^e Branches 

 grow with a tolerable Regularity. The Leaves 

 are fhort, broad, of a Figure approaching to round, 

 but terminating in a Point, and ferrated about the 

 Edges. The Flowers grow on long yellowifli 

 Stalks, wit^ a yellow, oblong, and narrow Leaf 

 upofr'them. They are themfelves alfo oi a yel- 

 lowifh white Colour, and extremely delicate and 

 fweet Smell. The Fruit is roundifh and fmall. 

 The Flowers are the only Part ufed, thej are good 

 agalnft Giddinefs of the Head, Trembhngs of the 

 Limbs, and all the other ligliter nervous Difor 

 ders. They are beft taken as Tea. 



The L I Qj; ]f p A m b e r T r e e. 



LIQJJID AMBAR. 



yVVery beautiful Tree of xh^ American Iflands, 

 •^ which we have brought of late into our Gar- 

 dens i it grows fifty Feet high, and the Branches 

 are numerous and difpofed with a tolerable Regu- 

 larity. The Leaves are large and very beautiful, 

 they are broad and are divided much in the Man- 

 ner of the Leaves of our Maple Tree, but much 

 more beautifully, they are of a gloffy Green, and 

 the Tips of the Boughs have a fragrant Smell. 

 The Flowers are greenifli and fm.all •, the Fruit 

 is of the Bignefs of a fmall Walnut,- roundifh 

 and rough upon the Surface, with feveral Seeds 



within. 



We ufe a Refin In which runs from the Trunk 



of this Tree in great Heats. It is of a redifii Co- 



P 3 lour. 



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