U6 FAMILY HERBAL. 



and grow two together. The seeds which follow 

 these are large, and have something of the as- 

 pect of wheat, from whence the plant has its odd 

 name. 



These seeds are the part used ; they are to he 

 dried and given in powder, but in small doses. 

 They have virtues which few seem to imagine ; 

 they are a high cordial and provocative to venery; 

 but if given in too large a dose, they occasion the 

 head^ach and a strange giddiness. I knew an in- 

 stance of a woman who had boiled the fresh tops 

 of the plant in a large quantity in water, as a re- 

 medy for the jaundice, (I know not by what in- 

 formation, ) and having drank this in large draughts, 

 was as a person drunk and out of her senses ; she 

 complained of numbness in her limbs, and seemed 

 in danger of her life, but nature recovered her aftes 

 a few hours without other assistance. 



The Crab Tree. JMalus sylrestris. 



A COMMON hedge shrub, and when in flow- 

 er very beautiful. The trunk is uneven, and the 

 bark rough ; the branches arc knotty, the wood 

 is firm, and the bark of a dark colour ; the 

 leaves are broad and short, the flowers are large 

 and reddish, very beautiful and sweet, and the 

 fruijt is a small apple. 



Verjuice is made from the crab ; and it is a re- 

 medy for the falling down of the uvula, better 

 than most other applications : it is also good, 

 against sore throats, and in all disorders ot the 

 mouth. 



Cranesbill. Geranium robcrtianum. 



CRANESBILL is a little herb very frequent 



