m FAMILY herbal: ' 



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some resemblance of the smaller leaves of .the iig- 

 tree. The flowers arc small and yellow. The 

 fruit are berries like bay berries. The wood is 

 f a reddish colour and perfumed smell. 



The wood is used. Our druggists -receive it 'ins 

 ]oj;s, and cut it out into shavings. The wood of 

 the root is best, and its bark contains most virtue 

 of all. It is best taken in infusion, by way of tea 

 for it is very pleasant : it promotes sweat, and 

 is good against the scurvy, and all other foul- 

 nesses of the blood. It is a constant ingredient m 

 diet drinks against the venereal disease. 



Savine. Sabhia. 



A litte garden " shrub, green aTl the winter. 

 The trunk is covered with a reddish brown bark. 

 The branches are numerous, and stand confusedly. 

 The leaves are small, narrow, of a dark green 

 colour, and prickly. The flowers are very small, 

 and of a yellowish colour ; and the fruit is a 

 sma!! berry, of a black colour when ripe, and cover- 

 ed with a bluish dust like the bloom of a plum. 



The loos of the young branches are used ; they 

 are best fresh, and given in the manner of tea, 

 They very powerfully promote the menses ; and 

 if given to women with child, will frequently cause 

 a miscarriage. The country people give the juice 

 mixed with milk to children, as a remedy against 

 worms : it generally woiks by stool, and brings 

 worms a>\ay with it. 



Summer Savojty. Satureta hortensis 



\ common liftlc plant in our kitchen gardens 

 It is ten inches or a foot high. The stalks are nil 

 merous, and very hard, and woody toward the hot- 



