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the Fruit is a fmall Berry, of a black Coloi;r" 

 when ripe, and covered with a bhiifli Duft like 

 the Bloom of a Plum. 



The Tops of the young Branches are pficd ; 

 They are beft frelh, and given in the Manner of 

 Tea. They very powerfully promote the Menfes ; 

 and if given to Women with Child, will frequent- 

 caufe a Mifcarriage. The Country People 

 give the Juice mixed v/ith Milk to Children, as a 

 Remedy againft Worms : It generally works by 

 Stool, ancT brings Worms away with it. 



Summer Savory. 

 SATUREI A HORTENSIS. 



A Common little Plant in our Kitchen Garden?. 

 ■^ It is ten Inches or a Foot high. The Stalks 

 are numerous, and very hard, and woody toward 

 the Bottom. The Leaves are oblong and narrow : 

 They ftand two at each Joint, with a Quantity of 

 young ones in their Bofoms. The Flowers grow 

 on the upper Parts of the Stalks among the Leaves: 

 They are white, with a little Tinge of bluiili or 

 redifh. The whole Plant has a pleafant Smell, 

 and an agreeable Tafte. 



The whole Plant is ufed. An Infufion of it, 

 drank irx the Manner of Tea, is good againft 

 cholicky Pains, and it opens Obllruclions, and 

 promotes the Tvlenfes. 



There is another Kind of Savory, with more 



' woody Stalks, called Winter Savory : This has 

 piuch the fame Virtues. 



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