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gaz Mr. CuUTLE R's Account of indigenous Vegetables, 
Dr. Withering fays, the juice:of the berries is frequently boiled 
udown.. into: an -extraét, with the addition. of a {mall propor- 
tion ef fagar, which is called rob, and is much ufed in fore 
throats, bat chiefly in thofe of the inflammatory kind. Anin- 
-fufion of the young roots is ufeful in fevers .of the eruptive 
kind; and in the dyfenteric fevers of cattle. - The fruit is often 
| put into rum inftead of black.cherries. The tender leaves will 
| give a tinge to rum nearly refembling brandy. 
-Ribes ramis: EON pettolorum ciliis pofi, baccts Birfucs 
. Syft.-Nat.- 
GOOSE BERRY. Dlofioms greenifh white. Berries redith, 
or white. Common in moift hedges, andibanks of ditches. 
May. 
The-fruit is very agreeable, either as nature prefents it, or 
mmade'into a jelly. It is much ufed in tarts. An equal weight 
of picked Goofe Berries and pure fugar put over the fire, will 
fpontaneoufly feparate a liquor which becomes a moft agreeable 
jelly. The fruit of the wild Goofe "en may be greatly im- 
Proved by cultivation, _ 
HEDERA. ndn. Gen. Plant. CE 
Hedera foliis ovatis lebatifyue. Syft. Nat. -Hedera trifülia 
“Canadenfis, Corn. z 
- *POISON ivr. Blofioms white, with purple or black veins, 
‘Berries black. Common in moift hedges and meadows. June. 
Tt afcends trees adhering by numerous linear tendrils, which 
; "sre fent off from the body-of the ftem, infinuating their tharp 
“ends i into the bark of the tree. It produces the fame kind of 
ations and eruptions, in certain conftitutions, as the 
pita wood tree, A milky j Juice exfudes from the ftalks and 
leaves, 
