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Very fuperior Degree,' ^t has not it? difagreeable 

 Flavour. An Oil drawn from it by DiftiJlatioifj 

 is fweet and excellent, it has all the Virtues of our 

 Oil "of Anifecd, byt not its difagreeAbie Tafte* 

 and it does not congeal like it in cold Weather. 4 





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Very pretty Plant, Native of i/^/y, and'kep 

 in our Gardens. It Is twojFeet and a half 

 high. The Stalk is round, thick, firm, and up- 

 it,. and a little hairy. The Leaves are of a 

 idiili Figure, but' divided"" a^.eply.: Into feven 

 Parts, and thefe fefrated at the Edges', they are 

 large, and of a deep Green, and ftand on long 

 Foot-Stalks. The Flov/ers are' of a deep Blue, 

 large and very like the Flowers of Lark-Spur: 

 They grow in a Spike at the Tops of the Stalks ; 

 the Seed-VelTels are notched, and the Seeds 



rough. 

 • The Seeds are ufed. Some venture to giv 



them inwardly in fmall Dofes againft the Rheuma 

 tifm, and the Venereal Difeafe. They operate b^ 

 yomit and Stool, and bring a great Qiiantity o 

 Water from tlie Mouth. The Powder of them i 

 moft ufed to kill Verniin, by fprmkhng it oi 

 Childrens Heads, that have been kept uncleanly. 



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Pretty Plant, Native m the warmer P^rts of 

 Europe, and kept in our Gardens. _ltjs_ a 



Ibrubby Herb, twQ Feet high, and keeps u. 

 Leaves all the' Year. The Stem ^s woody; th 

 Leaves ftand thick on the lower Branches and 

 they are longifh,* narrow, and whitifh, efpeua^y 



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