3 o 2 The Ufefid Family Herbal, 



more Ipeedily by Urine, or brings away little 

 Stones' more luccefsfully. 



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. - .PIORSE PvADISH. 



RAPHANUS RUSTICANUS. 



Plant as well known in cur Gardens as the 

 other, and wild alfo in many Places. The 

 ^oot is very long, and of an exceedingly acrid 

 Tafte, fo that it cannot be eaten as the other. 

 The Leaves are two Feet long, and half a Foot 

 broad, of a deep green Colour, blunt at the Point, 

 and a little indented at the Edges : Sometimes 

 there are Leaves deeply cut, and divided, but 

 that is an accidental Variety. The Stalks are a 

 Yard high : The Leaves on them are very fmall 

 and narrow, and at the Tops ftand little white 

 Flowers, in long Spikes : Thefe are followed by 

 little Seed-VefTels, The Plant feldom flowers, 

 and when it does, the Seeds fcarce ever ripen. It 

 - is propagated fufficiently by the Root, and vvhere- 

 ever this is the Cafe, Nature is lefs careful about 

 Seeds. 



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The Juice of Horfe Radifli Root operates ve- 

 ry powerfully by Urine, and is good againft the 

 Jaundice and Dropfy. The Root whole, or cut 

 to Pieces, is put into Diet Drink, to fweeten the 

 Blood •, and the eating frequently and in Qli anti- 

 ties, at Table, is good againft the Rheumatifm. 



Ragwort. 

 JACOBtEA. 



Wild Plant, very common in our Pallures, 



and diftinguifhed by its ragged Leaves, and 



Clufters of yellow Flowers. It is two Feet high. 



The Stalk is robuft, round, ftriated, and often 



purpliih. The Leaves are divided in an odd 



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