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The Swedes and Nor'uuegians efteem the berries to be 

 an excellent antifcorhiitic : they preferve great 

 quantities of them in the autumn to make tarts, 

 and other confections , The Lap!a?iders bruife 

 and eat them as a delicious food in the milk of 

 the rein deer ; and to preferve them through the 

 winter, they bury them in fnow, and at the re- 

 turn of fpring find them as freili and good as 

 when firfl gathered. 



In the highlands of Scotland we fiw them produced 

 at table as a defert. 



FRAGARIA. Gen. pi. 6^3. 

 Cal. lo-fidus. Petala 5. Receptaculum feminum 



ovatum, baccatum, deciduum. 

 FRAGARIA flagellis reptantibus. Syjl. nat. 240. 

 Sp. pi 708. (Ger. em. 997./. i ^ 2. Moris, hijl. 

 f. 2. t. 19. /. I. in medio ordinis fuperioris. Pet. 

 herb. t. 40./. 7; 



The Wood Strawberry. Anglis. 



Subh-lair, Subh-thalmhainn. Gaulis. 



In woods frequent. %. V. VII. 



The root and leaves are aftringent and vulnerary : 

 the fruit will diffolve the tartar of the teeth, with- 

 out acrimony ; they have alfo a diuretx quality, 

 and are found ferviceable in the ftone and gra- 

 vel. Hoffman recommends them in fevers and 

 confumptions, and Linnaeus fays, tliat bv eatino- 

 plentifully of them everyday, he kept'himfelf 

 ulmoll free from the gout. A diftill'd v/ater, or 



wine, 



