. The complete herbalist : or the people their own physicians by the use of nature's remedies : describing the great curative properties found in the herbal Materia medica, Vegetable.; Botany, Medical.; Medicinal THE COMPLETE HERBALIST. 19. in fever, when the refreshing draught seems to fly from their paxched lips. I approached it, however, with some hesitation, threw a rapid glance at the pitchers : judge of my happiness when I found them filled with a pure and transparent liquid. The draught I partook gave me the best idea I have reahzed of the nectar served at the table o
. The complete herbalist : or the people their own physicians by the use of nature's remedies : describing the great curative properties found in the herbal Materia medica, Vegetable.; Botany, Medical.; Medicinal THE COMPLETE HERBALIST. 19. in fever, when the refreshing draught seems to fly from their paxched lips. I approached it, however, with some hesitation, threw a rapid glance at the pitchers : judge of my happiness when I found them filled with a pure and transparent liquid. The draught I partook gave me the best idea I have reahzed of the nectar served at the table of the ; Plants of such descrip- tion become extinct if civiUzation approaches their domain. Plants have attri- butes other than medi- cal which are of inter- est to the general read- er besides the botanist. In many instances there seems to be a striking affinity be- tween the herbal and animal kiagdom, and other instances of the repelling character. For instance, a most remarkable instance of irritability by contact is that exhibited by the "Venus's Fly-Trap," Dioncea musciimla^ a native of Canada, and nearly allied to the common " Sun - D e w " of the British com- mons. Its fl e r s have nothing remark- able about them, ex- cept that their petals roil up when they are about to decay; but the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Brown, Oliver Jersey City, N. J. : Oliver Phelps Brown
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