3 5 6 ^^^ Ufeful Family Hernial, 



cocfllon of the whole Plant freili gathered, works 

 powerfully rby Urine, .and is good agdinft the 

 Gravel. It alfo gently promotes the Menfes. 



■ The S U G,A Rj.C A N E.. ^ , , '■ 



. ARUNbO SACC^HARIF^RA. 



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Kind of Reed, Native of the Eajl mdPFeJl- 

 Indiss< of the Canary I (lands,, and of fom& 



.other Places; 'and cultivated in all our Pferltations, 

 :It is eight ot ten Feet highr '.The Stalk Is round-, 

 Jiollow° hard, jointed, and upright, it" isjv'ery like 

 that of a' common ^eed", only fo much thicker. 

 -The Leavei are like thofe.of the Reed, but vaflly 

 laro-er, and the Flowers are in the fame Manner, 

 dry^ brown,. and chaffy, but the Clufter of diem 

 is a Yard long -, the Roots are long, creeping, and 

 ,jointed in the Manner of the Stalk. In very hot 

 Countries, the Sugar will fweat out' at the;.Cracks 

 of the Stalks, and ftand in Fo"rm of a bright Pow- 

 der-, this is Native Sugar, and is what theAntients 

 meant when they talked of Honey growing upon 

 Reeds. We prcfs out the Juice, and boil it to 

 the Confluence of brown Sugar, which is after- 

 wards refined, and becomes i:he white Powder or 

 Loaf-Sugar. ' . . 



•, It were idle to talk of tlie -Virtues of Sugar, its 

 ■Ufes are fufficiendy known, and are very great. 



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Sumach. 



RHUS. 



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nab, Native of warmer Countries, but com 

 mon in our Gardens. It is of a fingular Ap 



pearance. .It does not grow to more than te:n or 



Feet hi^^h, the WoOd is brittle, and the 



Bark is brown. The Leaves are long and very 



beautiful, each connfts of a great many Pairs ot 



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