292 OBSERVATIONS ON 



LIME BLOSSOMS. 



Dr. Chandler tells, that in the south of 

 France, an infusion of the blossoms of the 

 lime tree, tilia, is in much esteem as a 

 remedy for coughs, hoarsenesses, fevers, 

 &c. and that at Nismes, he saw an avenue 

 of limes that was quite ravaged and torn in 

 pieces by people greedily gathering the 

 bloom, which they dried and kept for these 

 purposes. 



Upon the strength of this information 

 we made some tea of lime blossoms, and 

 found it a very soft, well flavoured, plea- 

 sant, saccharine julep, in taste much re- 

 sembling the juice of liquorice. White. 



BLACKTHORN. 



This tree usually blossoms while cold 

 N. E. winds blow ; so that the harsh rug- 

 ged weather obtaining at this season, is 

 called by the country-people, blackthorn 

 winter. White. 



