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3r& Ufeful Fa mily HerhaL 379 



' The Vine.- 



VITIS. . 



Weak Shrub too familiar in our "Garden?, to 

 need much Dcfcription. The Trunin ' is c6* 

 vered \^dth a rough Bark, the Branches are Ions;, 



,k, and ilraggi i noj ^ the L 



tiO^ o 



the whole Figure, but indented deeply into five or 

 fc'v^en Divifions,* the lower arc inconfiderable : The 

 Fruit is round or_ oblong, juicy, and produced io 

 great Bunches. 



We ufe , no Fart of the common Vine, as^it 

 grows with us ; but not to mention the feveral 

 Kinds of Wine that are 'ufeful on different Occa- 

 fions^ the drie4 Fruit in the Form of what we 



call Raifins and Currants, is in conflant Repute. 



K 



-«> 



and Currants 



have the fame Virtues, they 



and Soarnefs of the Lungs, and in Confump 



tions. 



T xaegar is alfo a Product of the Grape : It is 

 Wine become four, and Spirit of Wine and Brandy 

 of the very beft Kinds, are made from Wine alfo 

 by Dilli nation. The Subftance called Tartar, of 

 which the Cream of Tartar is made, is only a Salt 

 of the Grape, which flicks to the Wine Cajks. 

 So that we owe to the Grape, more Medicmcs than 

 to any one Simple wh'atfoever. 



Violet. 

 VIOLA. 



Common ' wild Plant in our V/oods and 

 Hedo-es, but of a Fragrance fupericr to^ ail 



that we receive from the rich Eaji, .It is a 



-. , « ^ • _ T3i-^i. ^i^r^-,^^a ^Tr«>n when ill 



g 



Plant, obfcu 



fiower, the Stalks are round, green, and creepmg; 



