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Id sidaII doaea, stop pur^uga and hemorrha:.re8, the joune 

 sboou have great etficacy in atreugtheuing the atoraach 

 aud bowels, if taken iu a strong infusion The bark of the 

 roots haa the same virtues, but iu an inferior degree. 



SUN DEW .—( Droaera Anglica.) 



Detcrip, — It has small, round, hollow leaves, somewhat 

 greenish, but full of red haira, which make them look very 

 red, every one standing upon its own footstalk, reddish, 

 and hairy likewise. The leaves are continually moist in 

 the hottest day, yea, the hotter the sun shines, the moist- 

 er they are, the small hairs always holding this moisture. 

 Among these leaves rise up slender stalks, reddish also, 

 three or four tiugers high, bearing small whitish knobs one 

 above another, these are flowers, which afterwards con- 

 tain small seed. The root is a few small hairs. 



Place. - It grows usually in bogs and wet places, and 

 sometimes in moist woods. 



Time.—\\. flowers in June, and then the leaves are fit- 

 test to be gathered. 



Oovemment and Virtues. — The Sun rules it, and it !■ 

 onder the sign Cancer. The leaves, bruised and applied 

 to the skin, erode it, and bring out such inflammations as 

 are not easily removed. The juice destroys warts and 

 corns, if a little be frequently put upon them. 



SW ALLOW 'WORT.'-(Asclepias Syriaca,) 



Deaerip. — The roots are slender and stringy, spreading 

 much in the ground, sending up many tough stalks, aI>out 

 two feet high, very slender, set opposite to one another, 

 on very short footstalks, round at the base, an inch and a 

 half broad at the widest part, and about three inches long, 

 growiDi^ narrower, and snarp- pointed; on the tops of the 

 stalks come forth small bunches of Ave- leaved star- fashion 

 white flowers ; each of them in warm countries where it 

 is natnml, is succee^led by two long slender pods, which 

 Contain small flat need, lying among a silky down. 



place. — ll jzrows with us only in gardens. 



Time. — It flowers in June. 



Oaoemment and Virtues. — Jupiterowns this plant. The 

 root, which is the only part used, is a counter- poison, both 

 against the bad eifects of |x>isonous herbs, and the bites 

 and stings of venomous creatures ; it is helpful against 

 malignant pestilential fevers, which it carries off by sweat; 

 it is likewise good against the dropsy and Jaundioe. 



