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St. JOHN’s WORT 
Grows ona thin, leafy ftalk, about a foot high. 
From the chief {tem grow many branches, which are’ 
garnifthed with long, fmall, pointed and plain edged 
leaves: Qn the top of each of the {mailer branches, 
is a yellow flower, which greatly refembles the daify, 
both.in fize and form. If reared in a green houfe, 
‘this flower will bloffom in March: But, if cultivated 
in a® garden, the ufual time of flowering is in June ; 
When it may be gathered for medicinal purpoies. St. 
John’s wort is reared in moft phyfic ai 
polleffing qualities that greatly affift the cure of the 
jaundice: it is likewife a chief ingrédient in that val- 
uable balfam fo well known by the name of Friar’s 
- , balfam, or ‘Turlington’s drops... — ae 
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