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HONEY- WORT.— rCtfn^Ae Major.) 



Descrip. — There are eeveral species of the Honey-worts, 

 consisting of the great, small, and the rough, as the great- 

 er yellow and red, the greater yellow and purple, and the 

 lesser yellow and white. The greater Honey-wort ^ws 

 upon a thick green stock to a moderate height, having a 

 number of deep-pointed green leaves, placed one above 

 another : towards the top of each stalk come umbels of 

 very sweet flowers, thick set, and rising up spiral or crest- 

 ed ; of a bright yellow colour, though some are red, others 

 purple, and some perfectly white. 



//ac«.— They grow in England in gardens. 



Time,— They spring up in April, and flower from May 

 to August, but perish in the winter. 



Oovemment and Virtues. — They are under Mercury, and 

 are of a cold quality, and somewhat astringent. They stop 

 bleeding at the mouth and nose, immoderate fluxes of the 

 belly, and womens* courses. The juice of the herb, with a 

 little saffron dissolved in it, is an excellent remedy for 

 weak, watery, bleared ejeA^ and is used to heal foul ulcers, 

 after they have been cleansed, particularly in tender parts 

 of the body. It is used instead of Bugloss and Borage. 



ROTS.— (Humulns Lupuius.) 



Descrip. — The Hop runs to a great heieht, climbing up, 

 and twisting round the poles which are placed for its sup- 

 port; the branches are rough and hairy, being large, rougn, 

 vine-like leaves, divided into three p>art8, serrated about 

 the edges. On the tops of the stalks, grow clusters of large, 

 loose, scaly heads, of a pale greenish yellow colour when 

 ripe, and a pretty strong smell. 



Place, — The manured hops are cultivated in gardens : 

 the wild are found frequently in hedges* 



Tims. — They are ripe in Septembei. 



Oovemment and Virtues. — It is under the dominion of 

 Mara This will open ohHtnictions of the liver and spleen, 

 cleanse the blood, looeen the belly, cleanse the reins from 

 gravel, and provoke urine. The decoction of the tops 

 cleanses the blood, cures the venereal disease, and all kinds 

 of scabs, itch, and other breakings out of the body ; as also 

 tetters, ringworms, spreading sores, the morjjhew, and all 

 discolounngs of the skin. The decoction of the flowers 

 and tops help to expel poison. Half a dram of the seed in 



