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fomewhat aftringent, pleafant Tartnefs and grate» 
ful to the Stomach, the Berries prelerved with Sugar 
are of ii!e where the Blood is too much rarif)?ed which 
generally is the Caufe of bleeding at the Noi'e, fpitting 
Blood &c. They make allb a very pretty Pickle. Tho 
Bark infuled in Wine will purge and is good in Ob- 
ftruflions of the Liver. 
Beta Sylveftris maritima Syn. 157. C. E. 
Pin. Park.' Sea Beet. Cl. I. G. V, 2. flowers in 
June and July. This does not only grow in 
maritime Places and fait Marflies, butindiverfe 
Grounds about this Town, upon feveralParts ot 
Nottingham Common by the R,oad flde from the 
Wbrkhoufe to the Forrejl &c. 
The Garden differ from this in being annuals. 
All, both the Red and White are charged with a nitrous 
which makes them cooling and lenitive. They 
are more known as a pot Herb, than a phylical Simple. 
Hov/everthey have this peculiar ( confidering that nei- 
ther Herb nor Juice has any pickancy upon the Tongue) 
ifthejuieebe 4 r^wn up the Noftrils it will excite 
Sneezing and thence is judged to clear the Head, and 
cure even an inveterate Head Ache, 
Betonica Syn. 238. Ger. purpurea C. B. 
Pin. vulgaris flore purpureo Park. iVood Betony, 
Cl, I G, XIV. flowers in June and July. In 
Nottingham Coppice ^ Cohvick Wood, on the left 
hand|Bank going to Radfordthe lower Road,plen- 
tifv&yinRadJord Hollow solvA many other Places. 
It is an excellent Cephalic 20\d in that intention uied 
with lucceis, a great Dryer, and upon that Account fre- 
quently Smoked either by itfelf, or mixedwith Tobaryo 
in order to dry up thin iharp Rheums, I could wilh 
this way of uling it did anfwer rather in Reality than 
G a Imagina* 
