2 42 7^^ Ufeful Family Herhdt, 



The Mezereon Shrub. 



M E Z E R E U M. 



A Very pretty Shrub, Native of many Parts of 

 ^^ Europe, and frequent in our Gardens. It is 

 four Feet high, and very much branched. T he 

 Branches fland irregularly, and they are very 

 tou-h and firm. The Leaves are oblong and 

 nar?ow : They grow in Clufters from certain little 

 Swelhnss on the Bark. The Flowers are fmal 



They are hollow, and are fucceeded Dy 

 errics, which are black when ripe. ^ The 

 -nnrW and crecDm": ; and the Plant Is not 





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Root is woody and creeping j 



eafily deftroyed, when once well eflabhfhed. . 



The Bark of the Root, or the inner Bark ot 

 the Branches is to be ufed ; but it is a violent Me- 

 dicine, arid muft be given with great Caution, m 

 fmall Dofes, and only to thofe who have ftrong 

 Conftitutions. It will caufe Vomiting, and bloody 

 Stools to People that are tender, or to any, m 



- -- Dofe; but to robuft People, it only aCts 



Purge. It is excellent in Dropfies^, and 



other ftubborn Diforders ; and the bell Way ot 

 giving it, is in a light Infufion. 



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Millet. 

 MlLLltJM. 



Plant of the Grafs kind, large, upright, and 

 not without its Beauty. It is four Feet higR- 

 The Stalk is round, hollow, jointed, thick, and 

 firm. The Leaves are long and broad, of a pal 

 Green, and hairy. The Flowers and Seeds grow 

 at the Top of the Stalk, In a vafl: Cluflcr, fo heavy 

 that the Head ufually hangs down : They are f " 



together of the Grafs kind. The Flowers are m- 

 ^ fonfiderable 



