250 FAMILY HERBAL. 



it deserves to be. I have experienced excellent el*-* 

 fects from it. 



Orange Thee. Auranlia malus. 



A reai:tiful and valuable tree, native of Spain, 

 Italy, and the East. It grows to a considerable 

 bigness, and its branches spread irregularly. The 

 bark of the trunk is brown and rough, that of 

 the brances is smooth and greyish. The leaves are 

 targe, and very beautiful ; they are oblong, and 

 moderately broad, and the foot stalk has an edge 

 of a leafy matter on each side, giving it a heart- 

 like appearance. The flowers are white, large, 

 flagrant, and very beautiful. The fruit is enough 

 known. 



The sour, or Seville orange, is the kind used in 

 medicine, but the peel of this more than the juice 

 or pulpy part. A pleasant svrup is made of Seville 

 orange juice, by melting in it twice its weight 

 of the finest sugar ; and a syrup equally pleasant, 

 though of another kind, is made of an infusion of 

 the peel : but the great use of the peel is in tinc- 

 ture, or infusion as a stomachic. It is for this pur- 

 pose to be pared oil' very thin, only the yellow part 

 being useful, and to be put into brandy or wine, 

 or to have boiling water poured on it fresh or dry. 



If a little centian and a few cardamon seeds be 



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added to this tincture or mtusion, it is as good a 



bitter as can be made : it prevents sickness of the 



stomach and vomitings, and is excellent to amend the 



appetite. 



Orpine. Telephum. 



A very beautiful wild plant, of a foot high 

 or more, with fresh green leaves, and tufts of 



