238 FAMILY HERBAL. 



Mulberry Tree. Morus. 



A large and irregular growing tree, common 

 in our gardens. The branches are numerous and 

 spreading ; the leaves are very beautiful, large, 

 broad, of a bright green, pointed at the end, and 

 delicately serrated round the edges. The flowers 

 are small, and inconsiderable : the fruit is suf- 

 ficiently known ; it is large, oblong, juicy, and 

 composed of a great number of small granules : it is 

 usually black when ripe. But there is a kind with 

 white fruit. 



The bark of the root of the mulberry tree fresh 

 taken off and boiled in water, makes an excellent 

 decoction against the jaundice ; it opens obstruc- 

 tions of the liver, and works by urine. A very 

 pleasant syrup is made from the juice of the ripe fruit, 

 with twice the quantity of sugar. It is cooling, and 

 is good for sore mouths, and to quench thirst in 

 levers. 



White Mullen. Verb ascum album. 



A tall and stately wild plant, singular for 

 its white leaves, and long spike of yellow flow- 

 ers ; and frequent on our ditch banks, and on dry 

 places. It grows six feet high ; the leaves rising 

 from the root, are a foot long, as broad as ones 

 hand,' sharp-pointed, serrated about the edges, and 

 rovored with a white downy or woolly matter. The 

 ialk is thick, firm, and very upright, and is cover- 

 ed with smaller leaves of the same kind : the flow- 

 *'fs ;ire yellow and large : they stand in spikes, of 

 i\\<> feet long", three or tour only opening at a time ; 

 tiir seeds are small and brown, the root is long and 

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