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Cromwell; i. e. Bajiard Alkanet ; 



In corn fields common. The girls in the Nor- 

 thern parts of Europe paint their faces with the 

 juice of this root on days of publick feftivity. 

 The feeds are hard as bone, and efFervefce with 

 acids. The bark of the root tinges wax and oil 

 of a beautiful red, limilar to that which is attained 

 from the root of the foreign alkanet kept in Ihops. 



Borage. 



By the experiments of Marggraff^ Mem. de Berlin^ 

 p. 72, it appears, that the juice of this plant af- 

 fords a true nitre. The young and tender leaves 

 are good in fallads; but it is moftly ufcd as an 

 ingredient in cool tankards. 



Bindweed, [Convolvulus Major."] 



The root is a very acrid purgative to the hu- 

 man body, but hogs eat it in large quantities with- 

 out fuftaining any injury. Scammony is the in- 

 fpiflated juice of a fpecies of Convolvulus fo much 

 refembling this, that they are not eafily diftin- 

 guifliable. Can it then be worth while to import 

 fcammony from Aleppo, at a great annual expence, 

 when a medicine with the very fame properties 

 grows fpontaneoufly in many of our hedges? 

 Might it not be worth the Society's attention to 

 offer an Honorary Premium for making fcammony 

 from this plant? 



Vol. hi. . D Dwale, 



