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gainfl: the Gravel. We will fuppofe no m<xQ 

 knowii concerning this Kind. A Perfon defirous 

 of extending this ufeful Knowlege, finds that by 

 the Tafte of the Root, which is infipid, and its 

 mucilaginous Qiiality, he might have gueffed 

 this to be its Virtue, from what he before knew 

 of Medicine. The next Plant he meets, we will 

 fuppofe is the common Mallow, and afterwards 

 the little white flov/ered Mallow, which lies upon 

 the Ground -, he taftes the Roots of thefe, and 

 he finds they are like the other : He will therefore 

 guefs, that they have the fame Virtues^ and upon 

 Tryal, he will find it is fo. 



But this is not all : If he had examined the 

 Flower of the Marfhmallow, in what Manner it 

 was conrcru6led, and how the little Threads _ 



within it, he would have found that the Ftowers 



of thefe other two Mallows, were in all reipeds, 

 like thofe of the other v and farther, he would 

 have found, that the Seeds of thefe two Kinds, 

 were in the fame Manner difpofed in circular Bo- 

 dies : From this he might, without tafting their 

 Roots, have been led to guefs that their Virtues 

 were the fame; or having gueffed fo much from 

 this, he mi<Tht have been thence led to tafle tliern, 

 and' by that have been confirmed in it: But he 

 mif^ht be carried farther •, he would find the fame 

 Soft of round Ciuflers of Seeds in the Flolly m' 

 in his Garden ; and upon examining the imglc 

 Flowers, he would fee they were alfo like: Arid 

 hence he would difcover that it was of this Kmd; 

 and he would rightly judge, that the Holly 

 oak, alfo poffeffed the fame Virtues. 



This is a Method by which many of the Plants 

 mentioned in this Book, have been found to have 

 ■Virtues, which others neglefted ; for there ar| 

 manv named in the precedmg Pages, and name 



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