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53^ Ufeful Family HerhaL 3 1 x 



wliite Bottoms and dried. The Conferve of red 



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Rofes is made of thefe Buds prepared as for the 



they are beaten up with three Times 



their Weight of ^..^ 



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more Virtue; they are given in Infufion, and 

 fometimes in Powder againft Overflowings of the 

 Menfes, and all other Bleedings. Half an Ounce 

 -of thefe dried Buds are to be put into an earthen 

 Pan, and a Pint of boiling Water poured upon 

 them after they have flood a few Minutes, fifteen 

 Drops of Oil of Vitriol are to be dropped in upon 

 them, and three Drams of the fineft Sugar in 

 Powder is to be added at the fame Tim.e, then 

 the whole is to be well ftirred about and covered 

 up, that it may cool leifurely ; When cold, it is to 

 be poured clear off, Itis called Tin<^ure of Rofes ; 

 it is clear, and of a fine red Colour. It flrengthen? 

 the Stomach and prevents Vomitings, and is a 

 powerful as well as a pleafant Remedy againft all 

 Fluxes. 



The R o s E-W o o d Tree. . 



RHODIUM. 



THERE are nyo Kinds of Wood known un- 

 der the Name of Rofe-Wood, the one from 

 the Eaft^ which, when freHi brought over, has a 



fragrant Smell, 

 afk-Rofe, and fr 



Oil, which is fold under the Name of Eifence ot 

 Damafk-Rofe, we have no Account of the Tree 

 which affords this. The other Rofe-Wood is the 

 Produce of Jamaica^ and has very much of the 

 •fragrant Smell of the Eafiern Kind, but it is not 

 the fame, the Tree which produces this is fully 

 .defcribed by that great Naturalift Sir Hans Shane ^ 

 in his Ilifuory of the Ifland oi Jamaica. The 



'X^ee e;rows twenty Feet or mox^e in Height:^ ^"^^ 



