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Accident very young, but what we faw of the 

 Leaves, gave credit to tlie Account given of 

 the Plant by Mr. Williams^ who told us he had 



een it in Perfia. Thefe are curious Parts of 



Knowledge, and they are worth profecuting by 

 thofe who have Leifure : The Succefs of this Ex- 

 periment lliews the Poiribility of raifing fome of 

 thofe Plants at home, which we never have been 

 able to get truly or fully defcribed to us. 



We ufe a Gum Refm obtained from the Roots 

 f thjs Plant, by cuting them and catching the 



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penum 



We have it either finer in fmall 



Pieces, or coarfer in MaiTes ♦, it is brownilh with 

 a caft of Red, and will grow foft with the Heat 

 of the Hand ; it is dilagreeable both in Smell 

 and Tafte, but it is an excellent Medicine. It is 

 good for all Diforders of the Lungs arifing from 

 a tough Phlegm, and alfo in nervous Cafes. It 

 has been found a Remedy in inveterate Head-achs, 

 after many other Medicines have failed. It is one. 

 of thofe Drugs, too much negledcd by the Pre- 

 fent Pra(5lice which encourages the Ufe of others 

 that have not halitheir Virtue: But there areFaihi- 

 ons in Phvfic, as tiiere are in all other Thins;s. 



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Red Sage. 

 SALVIA HORTENSIS. 



H E common Sags of our Gardens. It is a 

 a Kind of Oirubby Plant a Foot or two high, 

 and full of Branches. The Stem is tough, hard, 

 woody, and covered with a brown rough Bark,' the 

 fmaller Branches are reddifn, the Leaves are ob- 



lono-, and broad; the 



and are of a fmgular rough Surface, and of a 

 redifli Colour. The Flowers erow on Stalks that 



fe only at tliat Seafonof die Ye 



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