!ZZ^ Ufeful Family HerhaL 



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Thyme. 

 THYMUS. 



A Common Plant in our Kitchen Gardens, with 



•"- hard and woody Stalks, fmall Leaves, and 

 pale red Flowers. " The Height is eight or ten 



the Branches are numei 



fland two at each T 



The Lea\- 



and are of a dufky 



the Flowers are difpofed in a Kind of fliort Spike 

 at the Tops of the Stalks ; the whole Plant has 

 Itrong Smell, and an aromatic Tafte. 



A Tea made of the frefh Tops of Thyme, \ 

 good in Afthmas, and Stuffings of the Lungs 

 It is recommended againfl nervous Complaints 

 but for this Purpofe the wild Thyme called Mo 



ther of Thy .. 

 made from Thyme 



preferable. ' There 



on 



Tooth 



a 



Drop or two of it being put upon L 



and 



d to the Tooth 

 of Origanum 



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ToadFlax. 



LINARIA. 



Common wild Plant, with narrow bluifli 

 Leaves, and thick Spikes of yellow Flowers, 

 It grows on dry Banks, and is a Foot and half 

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

 right, and fmgle. The Leaves (land irregularly, 

 they are oblong, narrow, fmooth, not dented at 

 the Edges, and pointed at the Ends : The Flow- 

 ers (land in a Ihort and thick Spike, they are large, 

 ,and many of them are generally open together, 

 they have a Spur behind ; and theif Forepart is 

 of two Yellows, a darker in the Middle^ and a 



paler on ^ach Side. 



The 



