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^jc Vfeful FivmJy llerhal 2 4 1 



bright green Colour. The Flowers are fmall^ 

 and of the Shape of the Flowers of Tares, but 

 little J and there follows each a roundifh Pod, 

 rough and green. Ihe whole Plant has a fingu- 

 lar, but not difagrceable Smell; and the Leaves 

 arc the Food offo many Infcds, tliat they arc 

 commonly gnawn to Pieces. 



The frefti Plant is excellent to mix in Pultices, 



to be applied to Swellings. It was once famous 

 in a Plaifter, ufed for Drcfilng of Bliftcn, but the 

 Apothecaries ufed to play fo many bad Tricks, to 

 imitate the green Colour it was expected to give, 

 that the Plaifter is now made without it. 



The M E L o N. 

 M E L O. 



A Trailing I ierb, with yellow Flowers, and 

 "^ large Fruit ; well known at our Tables. The 

 Plant grows to eight or ten Feet long, but is not 

 «re(ft. The Stalk*; are angulatcd, thick, and of 



a pale Green. The Leaves are large and broad, 

 fomcwhat roundifh, ajid not deeply divided, as in 

 moft of the creeping Plants of this Sort. There 

 are Tendrils on the Stalk for its laying hold of 

 any Thing. The Flowers are very large, and 

 open at the Mouth. The Fi-uit is oblong and 

 rough, more or lefs on the Surface, containing 

 Seeds, "with -a juicy Matter within. 



The Seeds are the Part ufed : They are cooling, 

 and work by Urine. They are beft given in an 

 EmuUion, beat up with Barley Water : This is a 

 good Drink in Fevers given warmi 



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