Family Herbal - Electric Scotland

FAMILY HERBAL. 193
Leek. For rum.
A common plar.t in our kitchen gardens.
grows three feet high; the stalk is round, green, and
thick ; the leaves are targe, long, and of a deep green,
and the flowers in grow a round cluster at the top of
the stalk ; they are of a purplish colour, with a tinge
of ; green the root is white, oblonjr, thick, and roundish,
with fibres at the bottom.
An infusion of the roots of leeks made in water,
and boiled into a syrup
with honey, is good against
asthmas, coughs,
and obstructions in the breast and
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lungs. answers the same purposes with syrup
of garlic,
but it will agree
with some who cannot
bear that medicine.
Lemon Tree. Limonia mains.
A shrub, native of the warmer countries, and
frequent in our green houses, very beautiful and
fragrant. The trunk is moderately thick, and
covered with a brown bark ; the branches are nume-
rous, irregular, and beset with prickles. The leaves
are large, and very beautiful, of an oval figure, and
set upon a naked stalk ; they are of a beautiful
green, and remain on the tiee all winter. The
flowers are large and white ; of a thick firm sub-
stance, and very fragrant smell. The fruit we are
sufficiently acquainted with ; its shape is oblong, and
its rind of a pale yellow colour: it has a part like
a nipple at each end. Its smell is very fragrant, and
itsjuiee sour.
The peel and the
juice
of the fruit are used,
The peel is stomachic and warm, it is a good ingredient
in bitter infusions. The juice made into
a syrup with twice its weight of fine
sugar, is e.\-
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