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cine ; it works by urine, and is an universal balsam. 

 It is good in coughs and ail other disorders of the 

 lungs ; and it stops the whites, and the weaknesses 

 after venereal complaints. 



There are several oilier kinds of turpentine in 

 use in the shops produced from the diflerent trees ; 

 the Venice turpentine is from the larch tree ; the 

 Strasburg turpentine from the yew-leaved fir ; 

 and the common turpentine from the wild pine. 

 They all have been mentioned already, under 

 the names of the several trees which produce them ; 

 but tins is the finest kind. What is called Cyprus 

 turpentine is obtained from the same tree with 

 the Chio turpentine, the right turpentine tree, but it 

 is coarser and browner, otherwise the same with the 

 Chio. 



T ltsan. dndroscem it m . 



A very singular and beautiful plant, and of 

 great virtues. It grow-; in cur wood*?, and under 

 hedges, but not very common : if, is kept in many 

 gardens. It grows two feci in height. The 

 stalks are firm and smooth, of a reddish colour 

 tolerably upright, and not at all branched, ex- 

 cept for some young shoots near the top. The 

 leaves stand two at each joint, opposite to one 

 another, and at no great distance ; they are very 

 large, and of a shape approaching to oval. Their 

 colour is a brownish green ; they are smooth and 

 not serrated at the edges. The flowers are not 

 very large, but of a beautiful yellow- ; they re- 

 semble those of St. John's wort, and are like them 

 full of yellow threads, \vhien, when rubbed, stain 

 the hands red 1 he fruit is a kind of berry, 

 black when ripe, and containing a great quan- 

 tity of small seeds, The whole plant in autvuna 



