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' ' The Strawberry Plant* 



FRAGARIA. 



A Very common little Plant, bo:h in ourWooct^ 



•*^ and Gardens. . The Leaves ftand tliree upon 



feach Stalk, and they ^re large, broad, fkarp ac 



the Point, and ferrated about the. JEdges ; the 



the Stalks trail upon the Ground, and take Root 



at the Joints : The Flowers are white, they ftand 



four or five together upon a longFoot-Stalk rifin 



from the Root and without any Veins : They ar 



white, and moderately largef, the Fruit is wtH 



known. When lipe it is red, and of an agreea- 

 ble Tafte. ' 



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wafh a fore 



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Quantities, it works by Uri'ne, and 



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Common Plant In our Gardens. It is near 1 

 Yard high, but of no great Beauty. The 

 Stalk is round, flriated, thick, green, and flrong. 

 The principal Leaves grow from the Root, they 

 are long, narrow, and deeply indented, and arp 

 of a bluifh Green, and' hairy, thofe on the Stalks 

 are fmaller, and hav^e no Foot-Stalks. The 

 Flowers are of the Shape of thofe of Dandelion, 

 but they are bluei the Seed is winged with Down. 

 The Flowers grow to the Sides of the Stalks, not 

 at the Tops, as in Dandelion. The Root is long 

 and browa on the Surface, it is full of a milky 



Juice, and white within. ^ 



The Root is ufed ; an Infufion of it opem Co- 

 ftruaions, it is good againfl the Jaundice. ADe- 



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