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3 o 8 The Ufeftcl Family Herhah 



Infufion of the Leaves made into a Syrup is good 

 againft Coughs, it caufes Expecloration, and 

 eafes the Lungs. 



The Dog Rose, or Wild Rose. 



CYNOSBATUS, SIVE ROSA SYL- 



VESTRIS. 



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A Common Bufh in our Hedges. The Stalks 

 ^"^ or Stems are round, woody, and very prickly. 

 The Leaves are compofed each of feveral fmaller, 

 thefe fland in Pairs on a Rib, with an odd one at 

 the End ; and they are fmall, oblong, of a bright 

 o-loITy green Colour, and regularly indented at the 

 Edges. T\\^ Flowers are fingle, large, and very 

 beautifal : There is fomething fimple and elegant 

 in their Afpedl that pleafes many, more than all the 

 double Roles raifed by Culture. They are white, 

 but with a Blulh of Red, and very beauti- 

 ful. The Fruit that follows thefe, is the com- 

 mon Hip, red, oblong, and containing a great 

 Quantity of hairy Seeds. 



The Fruit is the only Part ufed, the Pulp i« 

 feparated from the Skins and Seeds, and beat up 

 into a Conferve with Sugar ; this Is a pleafant 

 Medicine, and is of fome EfHcacy againft Coughs. 



Tho* this is the only Part that is ufed, it is not 

 the only that deferves to be. The Flowers, ga- 

 thered in the Bud and dried, are an excellent 

 Ailringenc, made more powerful than the red 

 Rofes that are commonly dried for this Purpofe. 

 A Tea, made ftrong of thefe dried Buds, and 

 fome of them given with it twice a Day in Pow- 

 der, is an excellent Medicine for Overflowings of 

 the Mcnfes, it feldom fails to effed a Cure. The 

 Seeds feparated from the Fruit, dried and pow- 

 dered, work by Urine, and are good againft the 



Gravel, but they do not work very powerfully. 



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