botanically arranged. 431 



berries is a gentle opener, and promotes perspiration. An infu- 

 sion of the dried berries is given to children. The flowers kill 

 turkeys, and the berries are poisonous to poultry. The fresh 

 leaves laid round young cucumbers, melons or cabbages, are a 

 good preservative against worms and insects. It is said, if tur- 

 nips, cabbages, fruit trees or corn, (which are subject to blights 

 from a variety of insects) are whipped with the green leaves and 

 branches of Elder, the insects will not attack them. The green 

 leaves are said to drive away mice. 



ALSINE. Linn. Gen. Plant. 342. 



Alsine petalis bipartitis, foliis ovato — cordatis. Syst. Nat. 



CHICKWEED. Leaves opposite. Blossoms white ; open about 

 nine in the morning, and close at noon. Common in gardens, 

 and rich cultivated ground. June — September. 



If it be boiled when young, it can hardly be distinguished 

 from spring spinach. What is called the sleep of plants is 

 very apparent in the Chickweed. At night the leaves approach, 

 in pairs, so near as to inclose, within their upper surface, the 

 rudiments of the young shoots and the ends of the branches. 

 As the dew goes off in the morning they expand. 



PENTAGYNIA. 



ARALIA. Linn. Gen. Plant. 346. 

 Aralia caule petto Usque aculeata, foliolis inermibus villosis. 

 Syst. Nat. 



BERRY-BEARING ANGELICA. Shot Bush. Pigeon Weed. 

 Blossoms white. Berries black. Common in new plantations. 

 July. 



Aralia caule folioso herbaceo Icevi. Syst. Nat. 



PETTYMORREL. 



