V& FAMILY HERBAL. 



great ornament to them. It does not well support 

 itself, go that it is commonly nailed against walls. 

 The trunk is covered with a greyish bark : the 

 young shoots are green. The leaves stand two at 

 each joint, and they arc very beautiful ; each is 

 made up of about three pair of narrow, oblong, and 

 pointed leaves, with a very long one at the end. 

 They are of a deep green colour : the flowers are 

 long, hollow, open at the end, and white; half a 

 dozen or thereabout grow on each stalk, and they 

 are of a very delicate and fragrant smell ; these 

 are succeeded by berries, which ripen in the warmer 

 countries. 



The flowers are the part used. Pour a pint of 

 boiling water upon six ounces of the fresh gathered 

 and clean picked flowers of jessamine ; let it stand 

 twelve hours, then pour it off ; add honey enough to 

 make the liquor into a thin syrup, and it is an excel- 

 lent medicine in coughs. 



Rose of Jlkiciio. Rosa Hicracontea. 



A little woody plant, named a rose from nothing 

 but its size, and its manner of folding itself up, 

 by bending in the tops of the branches, so that it 

 appears hollow and roundish. We are accustomed 

 to see it dry, and in that condition it is always thus 

 drawn together. It it of the bigness of a man's fist, 

 and is composed of a quantity of woody branches, 

 interwoven with one another, and all bending in- 

 ward. When it is put into warm water, it expands, 

 and become flattish, but on drying, it acquires the 

 old form again. 



It i9 in reality a kind of thlaspi, or treacle mus- 

 tard, but of a peculiar woody texture. The root 

 is long, and pierces deep into the ground ; there 

 jjrow from tins eight or ten stalks, which spread 



