256 - I'he Ufeful Family HerhaL 



The Mulberry Tree. 



M O R U S. 



Large and Irregularly growing Tree, com- 

 mon in our Gardens. The Branches are nu- 

 merous and fpreading, the Leaves are very beau- 

 tiful, large, broad, of a bright Green, pointed at 

 .the End, and delicately ferrated round the Edges. 

 The Flowers are fmallj and inconfiderable : The 

 Fruit is fufficiently known, it is large, oblong, 

 juicy, and compofed of a great Number of fmall 

 Granules: It is ufually black when ripe. But 

 there is a Kind with white Fruit. 



The Bark of the Root of the Mulberry Tree 

 freOi taken off and boiled in Water, makes an 

 excellent Decoclion againft the Jaundice, it opens 

 Obftru(flions of the Liver, and works by Urine. 

 A very pleafant Syrup is made from the Juice of 

 the ripe Fruit, with twice the Quantity of Sugar. 

 It is cooling, and is good for fore Mouths, and 

 to quench Third in Fevers. 



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White MuLLiEN. 

 VERBASCUM ALBUM. 



Tall and ftately wild Plant, fingular for \X.^ 

 white Leaves, and long Spike of yellow 

 Flowers and frequent on our Ditch Banks, and in 

 dry Places. It grows fix Feet high ; the Leaves 

 xifing from the Root, are a Foot long, as broad 

 as one's Hand, fharp-pointed, ferrated about the 

 Edges, and covered with a white downy or wool- 

 ly Matter. ■ The Stalk is thick, firm, and very 

 upright, and is covered with fmaller Leaves of 

 the fame Kind : The Flowers are yellow and large, 

 they iland in Spikes, of two Feet long, tbree or 



four 

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