FAMILY HERBAL. 193 



Leek. For rum. 



A common plar.t in our kitchen gardens. It 

 grows three feet high; the stalk is round, green, and 

 thick ; the leaves are targe, long, and of a deep green, 

 and the flowers grow in a round cluster at the top of 

 the stalk ; they are of a purplish colour, with a tinge 

 of green ; the root is white, oblonjr, thick, and round- 

 ish, with fibres at the bottom. 



An infusion of the roots of leeks made in water, 

 and boiled into a syrup with honey, is good against 

 asthmas, coughs, and obstructions in the breast and 

 lungs. It answers the same purposes with syrup 

 of garlic, but it will agree with some who cannot 

 bear that medicine. 



Lemon Tree. Limonia mains. 



A shrub, native of the warmer countries, and 

 frequent in our green houses, very beautiful and 

 fragrant. The trunk is moderately thick, and 

 covered with a brown bark ; the branches are nume- 

 rous, irregular, and beset with prickles. The leaves 

 are large, and very beautiful, of an oval figure, and 

 set upon a naked stalk ; they are of a beautiful 

 green, and remain on the tiee all winter. The 

 flowers are large and white ; of a thick firm sub- 

 stance, and very fragrant smell. The fruit we are 

 sufficiently acquainted with ; its shape is oblong, and 

 its rind of a pale yellow colour: it has a part like 

 a nipple at each end. Its smell is very fragrant, and 

 itsjuiee sour. 



The peel and the juice of the fruit are used, 

 The peel is stomachic and warm, it is a good in- 

 gredient in bitter infusions. The juice made into 

 a syrup with twice its weight of fine sugar, is e.\- 



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