OF TREES AND PLANTS. 



pendulous clufters. It was a facred tree with the Pagans of the 

 northern nations, who wrote their laws upon its wood, as well 

 as upon the beech *. 



3. The Elder-Tree (h). In hedges. About Ne-wbrough, the two 

 Wardens, the Hermitage, and Hexham, plentifully. The interior 

 bark has been long in reputation for curing burns and fcalds ; 

 the fpring-fhoots for a table-pickle ; the flowers for a cordial by 

 infufion and diilillation ; the fruit for making an excellent 

 wine. 



4. Marfo-EIder (i). In moift woods, plentifully. The flowers 

 are white, in large umbels, fucceeded by red fruit, gloflTy and 

 beautiful. 



Thefe four trees do not flower with us till the beginning of 

 June. The fruits are ripe in the latter end of autumn. 



Hift. n. p. 1457. Syn. iii. p. 452. Sorbus foliis pinnatis. Linn. Hort. Cliff, p. 196. 

 Royen. lugdb. p. 272. Sorbus foliis pinnatis, glabris, frudu minimo. Hal. Helv. p. 350. 

 Rawne-Tree, vulgo, Nurtbumlr. et Cumbr. 



* 01. Rudbeck. Atlant. 



(h) Sambucus. Dod. Pempt. 845. Sambucus. Offic. Dal. Pharm. p. 319. Ger. 1234. 

 emac. 1422. Sambucus fru&u in umbella nigra. C. B. Pin. p. 456. Town. Inftit. p. 606. 

 Boerb. Ind. A. n. p. 233. Raj. Syn. iii. p. 461. Martyn. Tourn. ii. p. 230. Sambucus 

 caule perenni ramofo. Linn. Hort. Cliff. Sambucus caule arboreo ramofo, floribus umbel- 

 latis. Royen. lugdb. p. 243. Sambucus arborea umbellatis floribus. Hall. Helv. p. 466. 



See an account at large of its medical virtues in Martyn's Tourn. 1 1. loco fupra citato, 



(i) Sambucus paluftris. Dod. Pempt. 846. Sambucus aquatica. I. B. i. p. 502. Cam. 

 Epit. p. 977. l/ene, cum Charadtere. Sambucus aquatica florefimplici. C. B. Pin. p. 564. 

 Raj. Syn. iii. p. 460. Opulus Ruellii Tourn. Inft. p. 607. Opulus Linn. Hort. Cliff, p. 

 109. Royen. lugdb. p. 233. Hall. Helv. p. 463. 



5. Dwarf- 



