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'The JJfeful Family Her hah 



the Piles, and the Juice is recommended to qft 

 applied to them externally. . 



V. 



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I Garden Valerian. 



'Valeriana hortensis. 



A Tall and beautiful Plant, Native of the moun- 

 tainous Parts of Ilaljy and cpmmon in our 



Gardens. 



It is three Feet high. 



The Stalk is 



upright, round, ftriated, and hollow. The Leaves 

 which grow from the Root, are long and fome- 

 what broad ; feme of thefe are divided deeply on 





each Side, others are intire, all have a broad and 

 round End. Thofe on the Stalks are fmaller, and 

 they are all deeply divided. T'he Flowers (land 

 in large Tufts, in the Form of Umbels; at the 

 Tops of the Stalks and Branches, they are fmall 

 and white. The Root is long, irregular, and mo- 

 . derately thick j it creeps under upon the Surface 

 of the Ground, and has a ftrong Smell ; its C.o- 

 Icur is brown, and it is full of Fibres. 



This Root is ufed dry, the Druggiils call it 

 l^hu, it is good in Fevers, and in Suppreflions of 

 the Menfes, for it is diaporetic, and good a- 

 gainft all Obflruiflions. It works alfo by Urine, 

 and it is warm upon the Stomach, and good a- 

 gainft Diforders of the Nerves, 



Wild 



