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flovYers grow on long yellowish stalks, with a 

 yellow, oblong 1 , and narrow leaf upon them. They 

 are themselves also of a yellowish white colour, 

 and extremely delicate and sweet smell. The 

 fruit is roundish and small. The flowers are the 

 only part used ; they are good against giddiness of 

 the head, tremblings of the limbs, and all other 

 lighter nervous disorders. They are best taken as 

 tea. 



Liquid Amber Tree. Liquid Ambar. 



A very beautiful tree of the American islands, 

 which we have brought of iate into our gardens ; 

 it grows fifty feet high, and die branches are nu- 

 merous and disposed with a tolerable regularity. 

 The leaves are large and very beautiful ; they are 

 broad, and are divided much in the manner of the 

 leaves of our maple tree, but much more beautiful- 

 ly ; they are of a glossy green, and the tips of the 

 boughs have a fragrant smell. The flowers are 

 greenish and small ; the fruit is of the bigness of a 

 small walnut, roundish and rough upon the surface, 

 with several seeds within. 



We use a resin which runs from the trunk of 

 this tree in great heats. It is of a reddish colour, 

 soft, and extremely fragrant, nearly a perfume. It 

 is an excellent balsam, nothing exceeds it as a remedy 

 for the whites ; and for the weaknesses left after 

 venereal disorders. It is also good in disorders 

 of the lungs ; and it works by urine, and dislodges 

 gravel. There was a custom at one time of mixing 

 it among perfumes, but of late it has been neglected, 

 and is grown scarce. 



