290 FAMILY HERBAL. 



The wood is said to be good in nervous disorder^ 

 but we seldom make any use of it. 



Rosemary. Rosemarinus. 



A pretty shrub, wild in Spain and France, 

 and kept in our gardens. It is five or six feet 

 high, but weak, and not well able to support itself. 

 The trunk is covered with a rough bark. The 

 leaves stand very thick on the branches, which are 

 brittle and slender : they are narrow, an inch long 

 and thick, and they are of a deep green on tho 

 upper side, and whitish underneath. The flowers 

 stand at the tops of the branches among the leaves ; 

 they are large and very beautiful, of a greyish co- 

 lour, with a somewhat reddish tinge, and of a very 

 fragrant smell. Rosemary, when in flower, makes 

 a very beautiful appearance. 



The flowery tops of rosemary, fresh gathered, 

 contain its greatest virtue. If they are used in 

 the manner of tea, for a continuance of time, they 

 are excellent against head-achs, tremblings of the 

 limbs, and all other nervous disorders. A conserve 

 is made of them also, which very well answers 

 this purpose '. but when the conserve is made only 

 of the picked flowers, it has less virtue. The con- 

 serve is best made by beating up the fresh gathered 

 tops with three times their weight of sugar. The 

 famous Hungary water is made also of these flow- 

 ery tops of rosemary. Put two pound of these into 

 a common still, with two gallons of melasses spirit, 

 and distil off one gallon and a pint. This is Hun- 

 gary water. 



Rosa Sous, or Sundew. JRos solis. 



A very singular and very pretty little plant, 



