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Manner, into feveral Parts, fo that they look torn 

 or ragged : Their Colour is a dark duflcy Green, 

 and they grow to the Stalk without any Foot- 

 Stalk, and are broad and rounded at the End. 

 The Flowers are moderately large and yellow, 

 and the Tops of the Branches are fo covered with 

 them, that they cftcn Spread together to the 

 Breadth of a Plate, The whole Plant has a dif- 

 agreeable Smell, The Root is fibrous, and the 

 Seeds are downy. 



The frefh Leaves are ufed •, but it is beft to take 

 thofe that rife immediately from the Root, for 

 they are larger and more juicy than thofe on the 

 Stalk : They are to be mixed in Pultices, and ap- 

 plied outwardly as a Remedy againft Pains in the 

 Joints : They have a furprifmg EfFecl. It is faid 

 that two or three Times applied, they will cure 

 the Sciatica, or Hip Gout, when ever fo violent. 



A 



The Raspberry Bush. 

 RUBUS ID^US. 



Little Shrub, common in our Gardens, but 

 wild alfo in fome Parts of the Kingdom. 

 The Stalks are round, v/eak, tender, of a pale 

 Brown, and prickly. The Leaves are each com- 

 pofed of five others : They are large, of a pale Green, 

 indented about the Edges, and haiiy. The Flow- 

 ers are little, of a whitifh' Colour, v/ith a great 

 Quantity of Threads in the Middle. The Fruit 

 is the common Rafpberry, compofed like the 

 Blackberry of feveral Grains : It is foft to the 

 Touch, and of a delicate Tafle. The Colour va- 



for 



The Juice of 



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Sugar, makes an excellent Syrup. It is pleafant 



effcs and Reaching 



Stomach, good 



The 



