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22^ ^^ Ufeful Family Herbal, 



Clufters on the Tops of the Branches. The Root 

 is of a fingular Form : It is compofed of fevefa! 

 long Parts hke Carrots. They are of a good' 

 Tafle, and fome People eat them at their Tables.. 



A Deco(5t;ion of them works by Urine, and is 

 good againft the Gravel. The Roots boiled in 

 Milk, are an excellent Reftorative ta People who 

 have fuffered long IlInefTes. « 



The SloeTree, 



'Iprunus sylvestris. 



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'T^HE common low Shrub in our Hedge?,; 

 ^ which we call the black Thorn. It is a Plum 

 Tree in Miniature* It grows five or fix Feet 

 high, the Trunk and Branches are all covered' 

 with a dark purplifh or blackilli Bark. The Leaves 

 .are roundifh, and of a good Green, elegantly den- _ 

 tated about the Edges. The Flowers are fmall 

 and while. • The Fruit is a little Plum, of a very 

 aufter? Tafle when unripe, but pleafant when 



mellow. ' 



The Juice exprelTed from unripe Sloes, is a very 

 good l^emedy for Fluxes of the Belly. It may • 

 be boiled down to a firm Confiftence, and will fo 

 keep the whole Year. We ufed to find this dried 

 Juice kept by Druggifts under the Name of German 

 Acacia, but they negled it. 



A 



Small AGE. 

 APIUM. 



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Common wild Plant, about Ditch Sies, with 

 the Appearance of Celery. Thefe are very 

 numerous and large. The Stalk rifes two Feet 

 and a half in Height, and is round, fmooth, 

 ftriatedj and branched. The Leaves on it are 



like thofe from the Rootj compofed of many 



' ' fmall 



