3BJ FAMILY PEIR-BAL. 



then th?se from the root. The flowers are very nu- 

 merous., small, and white, with some spots of red. The 

 pods are thick, long, and spungy. 



The juice of the radish roots fresh gathered, with 

 a little white wine, is an excellent remedy against 

 the gravel. Scarce any thing operates more 

 speedily by urine., or brings away little stones more 

 successfully. 



Horse Radish. Raphanus rusticanus 



A TLA.NT as well known in our gardens as the 

 other, and wild also in many places. The root is 

 very long, and of an exceedingly acrid taste, so that 

 it cannot be eaten as the other. The leaves are 

 two feet long, and half a foot broad, of a deep 

 green colour, blunt at the point, and a lit- 

 tle indented at the edires : sometimes there are 



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leaves deeply cut and divided, but that is an 

 accidental varie f y The stalks are a yard high : 

 The leaves on them are very small and narrow, and 

 at the tops stand little white flowers, in long spikes : 

 these are followed by little seed-vessels. The plant 

 seldom flowers, and when it docs, the seeds scarce 

 ever ripen. It is propagated sufficiently by the root, 

 and wherever this is the case, nature is less careful 

 about seeds. 



The juice of horse radish root operates very pow- 

 erfully by urine, and is good against the jaundice and 

 dropsy. The root whole, or cut to pieces, is put into 

 diet drink, to sweeten the blood ; and the eating fre- 

 quently and in (quantities, at table, is good against the 

 Jrheumatisni. 



U vcwort. Jacobcc. 



A ^'tD plant., very common in our pastures, 



