42 2 Mr. Cutler's Account of indigenous Vegetables, 



Dr. Withering says, the juice of the berries is frequently boiled 

 down into an extract, with the addition of a small propor- 

 tion of sugar, which is called rob, and is much used in sore 

 throats, but chiefly in those of the inflammatory kind. An in- 

 fusion of the young roots is useful in fevers of the eruptive 

 kind ; and in the dysenteric fevers of cattle. The fruit is often 

 put into rum instead of black cherries. The tender leaves will 

 give a tinge to rum nearly resembling brandy. 



Ribes ramis aculeatis, petiolorum ciliis pilosis, baccis hirsutis. 

 Syst. Nat. 



GOOSE BERRY. Blossoms greenish white. Berries redish, 

 or white. Common in moist hedges, and banks of ditches. 

 May. 



The fruit is very agreeable, either as nature presents it, or 

 made into a jelly. It is much used in tarts. An equal weight 

 of picked Goose Berries and pure sugar put over the fire, will 

 spontaneously separate a liquor which becomes a most agreeable 

 jelly. The fruit of the wild Goose Berry may be greatly im- 

 proved by cultivation. 



HEDERA. Linn. Gen. Plant. 249. 



Hedera foliis ovatis lobatisque. Syst. Nat. Hedera trifolia 

 Canadensis. Corn. 



POISON IVY. Blossoms white, with purple or black veins. 

 Berries black. Common in moist hedges and meadows. June. 



It ascends trees adhering by numerous linear tendrils, which 

 are sent off from the body of the stem, insinuating their sharp 

 ends into the bark of the tree. It produces the same kind of 

 inflammations and eruptions, in certain constitutions, as the 

 poison wood tree. A milky juice exudes from the stalks and 



leaves, 



