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The fresh gathered plant is to he used entire : 

 a strong infirsion of it is a very great sweetener 

 of the blood. It is excellent against the scurvy 

 in whatever form ; and there arc accounts of its 

 curing" the king's evil., that seem very well attested. 

 A syrup may be made of its juice, or of a very strong 

 infusion of it ; or a conserve of the leaves : for 

 the dried plant has very little virtue, and it i* 

 to be had frosh only a very small part of the 

 year. 



The White Wjilow. Salix vulgaris alba. 



A VERY common tree in wet places, and this 

 which is used in medicine is the most common of 

 ali the several kinds of it. It is also the largest. 

 It grows to be a tall tree : the bark is whitish, and 

 rough upon the trunk, and grey upon the branches ; 

 the leaves are oblong, narrow, and whitish, es- 

 pecially on the under side : they stand irregularly 

 on the branches, and are a little serrated at the 

 edges, and pointed at the ends. The tlowers are 

 very inconsiderable, but they are arranged several 

 together, in what are called catkins or palms. 

 The seeds are small ; they stand in the same calking, 

 mixed with fine white down. 



The bark of the branches is used, and it is beat 

 dried , ii is good against purgings, and the over- 

 flow in j-s of the menses, and is most conveniently 

 given in powder, half a dram for a dose. 



Winter Green. Pyrola. 



AN EXTREMELY pretty plant, wild in some 

 parts of England, but not common. The stalk is 

 round, thick, upright, and en inches high. The 

 leaves &U grow from the root, for the stalk h naked, 



