WORMWOOD. 4U 



of hemlock, as well as that occasioned 1>\ 

 poisonous insects and reptiles. 



The French distil this herb, from which 

 they make a liqueur that is greatly admired in 

 that country, where we observed that the 

 lower classes preferred it of a grass green 

 colour. It is to be feared, that this colour- 

 ing would often injure, as much as the herb 

 would benefit the body. 



The oil of wormwood being rubbed on fur- 

 niture, prevents, it is said, the worm from in- 

 juring it, and likewise keeps off all kinds of 

 flies and insects ; on this account, the herb 

 was formerly put into clothes-presses, and 

 wardrobes of woollen garments. 



Wormwood shares with all other bitten 

 the virtues of an abstersive deobstruent, and 

 is in some degree purgative, as all bitters are. 

 The essential salt of wormwood is afforded 

 in great quantity, and possesses in many re- 

 spects the virtues of the plant. These plants. 

 as well as most others, should be gathered 

 when in seed ; they are fullest of juice when 

 in shoot, but their virtues more abound 

 when they have their seeds on them. Bulbs 

 and roots contain their virtues in greatest 

 abundance when the stalks are decayed, or 

 are out of leaf. 



