i?6 FAMILY HERBAL. 



narrow, and sharp-pointed : they stand tvvc at 

 every joint. The flowers are long', moderately 

 large, and yellow ; they grow from the bosoms of 

 the leaves, and are hollow, and only a little divio >d 

 at the ends : they are somewhat like fox-gio e 

 ilowers. 



A decoction of the fresh plant is an excellerf 

 purge, but it works roughly ; it is good against 

 dropsies and rheumatisms ; and the jaundice ha 

 been often cured by it singly. 



Jack by the Hedge. Alliaria. 



A FPRrNG plant of a conspicuous figure, fre- 

 quent in our hedges. The stalk is round, thick, 

 firm, upright, and of a pale green, three feet in 

 height, and very straight. The leaves are large, 

 broad, and short, of a figure approaching to 

 roundish, but somewhat pointed at the ends, and 

 notched at the edges ; they are of a pale yellowish 

 green colour, and stand on long foot-stalks. The 

 flowers are little and white ; they stand ten or a 

 dozen together, at the tops of the branches, and are 

 followed by long pods. 



The fresh leaves eaten as salad work by urine 

 powerfully, and are recommended in dropsies. The 

 juice of them boiled into a syrup with honey, is 

 good to break tough phlegm, and to cure coughs and 

 hoarsen esses 



Jacinth, or Hyacinth. Hj/acinthus 

 vulgaris. 



The common spring plant our children gather 

 with tin ir cowslips and May flowers, and cali blue 



