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from whence it is often transplanted into 

 shrubberies. Being of a bluish evergreen, it 

 contrasts well with the laurel and other 

 shrubs of that nature. The flowers are her- 

 baceous, and, if viewed with a microscope, 

 would be found a most beautiful model, 

 either for the jeweller, or the ornamental 

 sculptor. 



Juniper berries, used by distillers to flavour 

 their gin, are principally brought from Hol- 

 land and Italy. These berries are carminative ; 

 but their most remarkable properties are, in 

 scouring the viscera, and particularly the 

 reins and urinary passages, for which reason 

 they are of great service in asthmas, ca- 

 chexies, the jaundice, colic, the stone of the 

 bladder and kidneys, as also crudities of the 

 stomach. The oil of juniper berries is a very 

 stimulating diuretic: the decoction, inspis- 

 sated to the consistency of a rob, or extract, 

 has a pleasant, balsamic, sweet taste. This 

 extract may be used with advantage, as in 

 catarrhs, debility of the stomach and intes- 

 tines, and difficulties of the urinary excretions, 

 in persons of advanced age. 



Etmuller had a vast opinion of juniper 

 berries. The rob, made of the expressed juice 

 of the green berries, has been called by 

 many theriaca Germanorum, so much are 



