The Black T "The oikeni or Blueberry, Thef 
fhrubs are low when they grow on high land, but tall in 
fwamps. The White Whortleberry. The Red Whortleberry. 
The fruit of thefe fpecies are agreeable to children, either eaten 
by themíelves, or in milk, or in tarts and jellies.. The: Choke 
Whortleberry.. The fruit is unpalatable ; but its- gréát degree 
of aftringency may, one day or other, recommend it to the at- 
tention of phyficians. The Craneberry, or Mofsberry. Thefe 
berries make an agreeable tart... By drying. them a little in the 
fan, and then putting them in a clofe veffel, or ftopping them 
up iri dry bottles, they may be kept good for many years, 
Es pal T 
ce 445: 
olum paR uu) Syft. Nat. 
BIsTORT. Snakeweed. Bloffoms red. In wet meadows. 
Auguft. 
The root. is fiig to de one taf the: (troagett. vegetable aftrin-. 
gents. 
Polygonum ded Aexandris femidigynis, foliis lanceolatis, 
flipulis fabmuticis. | Syft. Nat. 
ARSMART, Water Pepper. | Bloflioms white. Common 
both in.dry. and moift land. — Auguft. . 
- It occafions fevere fmarting when rubbed on the flefh. The 
tafte is acrid.and burning. Itdyes woolyellow. Dr. Wither- 
ing fays, it cures little aphthous ulcers. in the mouth.— That 
the afhes.mixed with foft foap is a noftrum, in a few hands, 
for diffolving:the ftone in the bladder; but perhaps not pre- 
x. to other cauftic preparations of the vegetable alkali. 
Polygonum 
