190 FAMILY HERBAL. 



of Italy, and is frequent in our pardons. The trunk 

 is rugged, and the branches are covered with a 

 rouo-h bark, of a brownish colour, with a tinjre of 

 reddish. The leaves are an inch or more in length, 

 jextremely slender, and of a bluish green colour, and 

 they grow in little clusters, on different parts of the 

 branches. The flowers are inconsiderable, the fruit 

 is a cone, but very small. It is not bigger than a 

 little walnut. 



The young leaves are boiled, and the liquor is 

 drank to promote urine, but this is an idle way of 

 getting at the virtues of the tree. Venice turpen- 

 tiue is produced from it, and this liquid resin con- 

 tains them all in perfection. They cut the trunk of 

 the tree deep, in the heat of summer, and the resin 

 flows out. This works powerfully by urine, and 

 is a noble balsam ; it is good against the whites, and 

 to stop the running that often remains, from a clap 

 after all the virulence is removed ; but in this case 

 it must be given cautiously. 



Larks' Spur. Delphinium. 



A common flower in our gardens ; but not with- 

 out its virtues. It grows a yard high : the stalks are 

 round, upright, firm, and of a pale green. The 

 leaves are cut into a multitude of long, narrow, and 

 very fine divisions, and are of a deep green colour, 

 and the flowers which grow in long spikes at the 

 tops of the branches, are naturally blue, but often 

 red or white. They are moderately large, and have 

 a kind of spur behind. 



The leaves are used ; they must be boiled fresh 

 in water, and the decoction - is good against the 

 bleeding piles. ]{ stops the hemorrhage, and at the 

 wme time cor'; the bodv, whereas too many of the 

 astringent medicines are heating. 



