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iy, of A pretty bluish green ; tender and milky when bro- 

 ken. The flowers are yellow, large and beautiful ; they 

 dose at mid-day, and country- people therefore call it, 

 Qo-to-bed-at-Noon. 



Place. — This is a handsome biennial ; frequently in our 

 pastures, and very plentiful in the north of £ngland. 



Time, — It blooms in July. 



OopemmerU and Virtuet.— This herb is under the domi- 

 nion of Jupiter. A large double handful of the entire 

 plant, roota, flowers, and all bruised and boiled, and then 

 strained, with a little sweet oil, is an excellent clyster in 

 the moat desperate case of strangury or suppression of 

 urine, from whatever cause, A decoction of the roots is 

 ffood for the heart-burn, loss of appetite, disorders of the 

 breast and liver ; expels sand and gravel, slime, and even 

 small stones. The roots dressed like parsnips, with but- 

 ter, are good for cold watery stomachs. Boiled or cold, or 

 eaten as a raw salad, they are grateful to the stomach ; 

 strengthen the thin, lean, and consumptive, or the weak 

 after long sickness. The distilled water gives relief to in- 

 ward impoethumea, pleurisy, stitches, or pains in the sides. 



GOATS BEARD (PVRPIjE).^( Tragopogion Fratensis.) 



Detcrip. — Purple Goat's Beard grows on a firm, upright 

 stalk, near a yard high. The leaves are larfi^e, long, of a 

 fine fresh gieen, resembling the leaves of leeks. The flow- 

 er-stalk grows thick at its top ; the flowers are purple, and 

 their long green cups behind add greatly to their oeauty. 



Place, — This is a biennal ; a wild plant in our pastures, 

 very stately and beautiful ; aud it thrives best where 

 there is some moisture. 



Time. — They bloom in June and July, and shut up at 

 noon as the other. There is a beautiful variety of this, 

 with the centre of the flower yellow, the rest purple. 



OovemmerU and Virtue*. — The virtues of this are the 

 same as the other, only less pleasant, therefore more bit- 

 ter, astringent, detersive, and medicinal. This, however, 

 may be eaten in great nuantities ; aud so will be useful in 

 chronic complaints. The roots are particular! v specific in 

 obstruction of the gall, and the jaundice ; tiie Ibest way to 

 use them, is stewed like chardoons. 



GOATS UVK—(Oalega OJicinalia,) 



De»crip. — Goat*i Rue has many tall, hollow, striated 

 Wancbes about a yard in height, with long, pinnatsd 



