CIXLPSPER's complete HIBBIX. lOT 



GOLD OF TLEAS\JB.E.—( Mi/agrum Sativum,) 



Descrtp. — It has a long, slender, white, fibrous root. 

 The stalk is round, firm, upright, a foot and a half high, 

 and divided into a great number of branchea The leaves 

 are numerous ; and they are placed with an agreeable re- 

 gularity, from the bottom to the top : they are obloug. 

 narrow, and of a pale green ; they adhere to the stalk by 

 a broad base, and are from thence smaller to the extrem- 

 ity, where they terminate in a point. The lower leaves 

 are sharply serrated at the edgea The flowers grow along 

 the tops of the branches, and are of a golden yellow. 



P'ace. — It is found in some of the corn-fields of England. 



Time. — It flowers in July. 



Oovemment and Virtuet. — Jupiter governs this useful 

 but much neglected plant. In some part of this country 

 where they raise flax, it is very common. The seeds pass 

 unnoticed, consequently, it rises with the flax from one 

 year to another. The seeds give a useful oil in ^reat quan- 

 tity, little inferior to olive oil, and will answer its purpose 

 ytry well The seeds are good against gravel, and are of 

 a powerful diuretic quality. 



GOLDEN ROD {C01AMO^),—( Solidago Fra^ans,) 



Descrip. — This rises to two feet high, a very handsome 

 plant, with a small reddish brown upright stalk, turned 

 and bent a little from the joints, and terminated by a long 

 and beautiful spike of flowers. The leaves are of a deep, 

 but not very fine green, and they feel a little harsh. Thd 

 flowers are gold yellow, and numerous though small, and 

 all turned one way ; when they are ripe, they change 

 into down, and are carried away by the wind. The root 

 consists of many small fibres, which grow near the surface 

 of the ground, but survives the winter, and in spring shoots 

 out new branches. 



Place. — This is a perennial, that grows by wood-sides, 

 in copees, in moist as well aa dry grounds, and on heaths 

 and among thickets. 



7\me. — It flowers about the month of July, and lasts 

 tm Aagust 



Oovemment and Virtues. — Venus rules this herb. It is 

 alMklsamic vulnerary herb, lon^ famous against inward 

 harts and bruises, tor which it is most efl'ectual in a dis- 

 tilled watsr, and in which shape it is an exc4;llent and safs 



