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A very agreeable dish may be prepared for the table, by 

 taking the root and dressing it as spinach. 



ROSE (DAMASK.)— '{Rosa JDamcucena.) 



Descrip. — This does not grow tall or large as the white, 

 but yet taller and fuller of prickles than the red, especially 

 about the stalk* The leaves are whiter and more hairy. The 

 flowers are less double than the Provence Rose, the beards 

 prickly. They are a pale red colour, and of a pleasant scent 



Place, — A native of France, but is common in our gardens. 



Time. — It blooms in June and July. 



Oovemment and Virtiies. — It is under the dominion of Ve 

 nus. -Botanists describe a vast number of roses, but this, 

 and the common red rose, and the dog rose, or hip, are the 

 only kinds regarded in medicine. There is a syrup made 

 from the flowers of the damask rose, by infusing them twen* 

 ty-four hours in boiling-water, and then straining off the 

 hquor, adding twice the weight of refined sugar to it. This 

 syrup is an excellent purge for children and grown people 

 of a costive habit ; a small ouantity taken every night will 

 keep the bowels repilar. There is a conserve made of the 

 unripe flowers, which has the same properties as the syrup; 

 there is likewise a conserve made of the fruit of the wild or 

 dog rose, which is very pleasant, and of considerable efficacy 

 for common colds and coughs. The flowers of the common 

 red rose dried, are given in infusions, and sometimes in pow- 

 der, against overflowings of the menses, spitting of blood, 

 and other hemorrhages. There is likewise an excellent tinc- 

 ture made from them by pouring a pint of boiling water on 

 an ounce of the dried petals, and adding fifteen drops of oil 

 of vitriol, and three or four drams of the finest sugar in pow- 

 der, after which they are to be stirred together, and left to 

 cooi This tincture, when strained, is of a beautiful red co- 

 lour. It may be taken to the amount of three or four spoon- 

 fuls, twice or three times a day, for strength en insf the sto- 

 mach, and preventing vomiting. It is a powerful and plea- 

 sant remedy in immoderate discharges of the menses, and all 

 other fluxes and hemorrhages. The damask rose, on ac- 

 count of its fragrance, belongs to the cephaltics ; but the 

 next valuable virtue it possesses, consists in its cathartic 

 quality. After the water, which is a good cordial, is drawn 

 off in a hot still, the remaining liquor, strained, will make a 

 very good purging syrup from two drams to two ounces. 

 An infusion made of half a dram to two drams of the dried 

 leaves, answers the same purpose. 



