Family Herbal - Electric Scotland

m FAMILY HERBAL.
Flower de Luce. Iris.
A common flower in our gardens. The plant
grows three feet high. The leaves are a foot and
a half long, narrow, Hat, and in all respects like the
leaves of Hags, and of a bluish green. The stalks
are round, or a little flatted ; thick, (inn, upright,
and of a greener colour. The flowers are large, and
of a deep blue. The root spreads about the surface,
and is thick and of a brownish colour, and marked
with rings.
The juice of the freeh roots of this plant bruised
with white wine is a stronar purge : it will sometimes
also vomit ; but that is not hurtful ; it is a
cure for dropsies. Gordon, an old physic writer,
spys if a dropsy can be cured by the hand of man,
this root will effect it. I have found it true in
practice.
Florentine Flower de Luce. Iris Florentine*.
A plant kept also in our gardens, but not so
frequently as the former ; it scarce differs in any
thing from the common (lower de luce, except that
the flowers are white. The root spreads in the
same manner, and the leaves are flaggy. The
stalk is tw * feet or more in height, and the flower
}< as large ;.:> that of the blue kind, and perfectly of
the s antc form.
The i'/.t of this kind, when dried, is fragrant.
The druggists keep it. It is good against disorders
of the lung*, coughs, hoarseness, and all
that train of ill.- ; and it promotes the menses.
Fluellin. Elaline.
/ low plant frequent in corn-fields, and con-