t 1
continue ; the avantag■ ° ^ h i y & h t I S 9 g ffiH g bIoffom | | twQ h weeks. A M g ^ I
M B — planted.in the fpring, produced the endiing May eight flowering dems, ma„J0f
which had fifteen or fixteen bloffoms on them.
r . H R invaluable PYore Lapponica, has feveral curious obfervations on the Buckbean, he informsI I
L innjsus, in his mvaluao and alfo of Wejlroboibnia, draw out the roots, which grow plenti. I
that the inhabitants of feme f u r l s f p > . ^ f i j f i cattle, who confume them entirely; alfo I
K Powder of the dried roots with a frnall ■ I
that, in times ot levere icarcny, ShT. , he nbferves is very bitter and extremely naufeous ; that it uu I
tity of meal and ran«rtthem m ^ ;n brew;ng, to fubditute the bitter leaves of this plant foil
a general pra&ice with the peafants / / -n eventin„ Bthe beer from becoming f our he concludes his 1
the hoP’ ,andJ hatn']ie{hr^RarthoL n® Simon PaPuLi , and others, have exclaimed much on the fcurvy of tht.I
remarks by obferying, A d’ f „rofufion of antifcorbutic plants to he met with in thofe commits, I
northern regions, anfing from “ . as £ principai 0ne ; L innjeus however aflerts, that out of the great 1
among whichaln d e “ he had feen ™t one was affefted with that difcafe, although they lived m the.cpldell hi-
number of Laplanders ne nau „rdinarv food, not even bread. On the contrary, he had obfend I
S ^ ^ ^ ^ r ^ ^ w h o inhabited the countries adjacent.
Many phyficians have a high opinion of its medical virtues.
„ Tr I nf c.b,le penetrating parts, a good diuretic and antijcorbutk, whence it is alfo of great ufe to people I
: : " d £ Sk H
.. Marfh-trefoil is an efficacious aperient and
- gently foofens the belly. experience ; inveterate cutaneouf difeafes have been remoit j
1 b^itin ■ — * ■ 1 - m m and mm ■
V weeks." . Lewis’s Di/p. p. 242-
this head, lead its real virtues Ihould be called in quedion.
Dr. t a n R obinson afferts, that fheep are cured of the rot hy being driven to feed in marfl.es where Hi,
plant abounds; this, if.true, would prove a mod valuable difcovery.