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360 Tie XJfeful Family Herbal. 



Menfes, are good in the Jaundice, and is faid a- 



gainfl the Rickets. 



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Tansy.;. . - 



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Common Plant in our Gardens. It is a Yard 

 high: The Stalks are round, firm, upright. 



and of a pale Green ; the Leaves are lari2;e, ob- 

 long, broadj and very beautifully formed, they 

 are each compofed of feveral Pairs of fmaller, fet 

 on each Side of a common Rib, with an odd Leaf 

 at the End. Thefe are narrow, long, pointed, and 

 fcrrated at the Edges. The Elowers ftand in large 

 Clufters at the Tops of the Stalks, and they a:re 

 roundifh, yellow, and naked. The Root is a 

 Clufter of large creeping Fibres. The whole Plant 

 has a flrono- Smell. 



The Leaves are to be ufed. frefh gathered, a 

 ftrong Infufion of them opens Obflruftions, it 

 works" powerfully by Urine, and gently promotes 

 the Menfes. The Flowers dried, powdered, and 

 mixed with Treacle, are a common Medicine, for 

 ,"Worms, and they vifibly dellroy them. 



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Wild Tansy. 



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% Common wild Plant about our Way-fides, 

 T^ and a great Ornament to them. It rifes to 

 no Height. The Stalks creep upon the Ground, 

 and take Root at the Joints, but it is eafily di- 

 llinguifhed by its filvery Leaves and yellow Flow- 

 ers. The Stalks are round and rediih. The 

 Leaves rife from thefe, they are very large, and 

 each compofed of a great many Pair of fmaller, 

 fet on both Sides of a comm.on Rib, with an odd 

 one at tb.z End. They are of the Shape, and 



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