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l^rhich Is below; it is then perforated, and 

 filed on a firing, in order that it may be 

 fufpended in the open air, or dried in the 

 lhade. The largeft pieces are not the beft| 

 becaufe the furface of them only becomes 

 dry. Rhubarb ought to be chofen in pieces 

 of a moderate fize, two inches at moll in 

 thicfcnefsj flat, hard, atid heaVy j frcfh, 

 fmooth on the outfide, and of a faffron and 

 nutmeg colour j veined in the heart, and 

 having a bitter tafte, and an aromatic fmell. 

 The excellence of this plant as a remedy, is 

 well known : it produces alfo, a yellow die, 

 which makes it at all times an article of great 

 ^Sonfumption. 



China Root, 



THIS plant, called fmiiax Chlna^ has a 

 root as large as a child*s hand* It is 

 G g twifted, 



