m FAMILY HERBAL. 



Flower de Luce. Iris. 



A common flower in our gardens. The plant 

 grows three feet high. The leaves are a foot and 

 a half long, narrow, Hat, and in all respects like the 

 leaves of Hags, and of a bluish green. The stalks 

 are round, or a little flatted ; thick, (inn, upright, 

 and of a greener colour. The flowers are large, and 

 of a deep blue. The root spreads about the surface, 

 and is thick and of a brownish colour, and marked 

 with rings. 



The juice of the freeh roots of this plant bruised 

 with white wine is a stronar purge : it will some- 

 times also vomit ; but that is not hurtful ; it is a 

 cure for dropsies. Gordon, an old physic writer, 

 spys if a dropsy can be cured by the hand of man, 

 this root will effect it. I have found it true in 

 practice. 



Florentine Flower de Luce. Iris Florentine*. 



A plant kept also in our gardens, but not so 

 frequently as the former ; it scarce differs in any 

 thing from the common (lower de luce, except that 

 the flowers are white. The root spreads in the 

 same manner, and the leaves are flaggy. The 

 stalk is tw * feet or more in height, and the flower 

 }< as large ;.:> that of the blue kind, and perfectly of 

 the s antc form. 



The i'/.t of this kind, when dried, is fragrant. 

 The druggists keep it. It is good against dis- 

 orders of the lung*, coughs, hoarseness, and all 

 that train of ill.- ; and it promotes the menses. 



Fluellin. Elaline. 



/ low plant frequent in corn-fields, and con- 



