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into an ointment, by boiling them in lard, till they 

 are almost crisp, and then pouring it off, this is 

 cooling ; the juice of the berries is boiled down 

 with a little sugar, or by some wholly without, 

 and this, when it comes to the consistence of honey, 

 is the famous rob of elder, good in colds and sore 

 throats. A wine is made of the elder-berries, which 

 has the flavour of Frontignac. 



Elecampane. Enula campana. 



A TALL and robust plant, wild in some parts 

 of England, but kept in gardens for the uses of 

 medicine ; it grows five feet high, and the flower 

 is yellow, and very large. The stalk is round, 

 thick, upright, very robust, and reddish : the 

 leaves are long, large, and rough, and they are 

 pointed at the ends ; of a pale green colour. 

 The flowers grow at the tops of the branches, 

 and have something like the appearance of a dou- 

 ble sun flower. They arc two inches in diameter, 

 yellow, and very beautiful. The root is long 

 and thick, and is brown on the outside, and white 

 within. 



The root is the part used ; we have it dried from 

 Germany, but it is for most purposes better to take 

 that fresh out of the garden, which we have here. 

 Hardly any plant has more virtues. It is good in 

 all disorders of the breast and lungs, and it opens 

 obstructions : It operates by urine powerfully, and 

 also by sweat : and the juice of it will cure the 

 itch, applied externally. Its greatest virtue, how- 

 ever, is against coughs, and for this purpose it is 

 best taken candied, provided that be well done. A 

 little of it may in this way be held almost conti- 

 nually in the mouth, and swallowed gently, so that 



