The American practice condensed, or The family physician : being the scientific system of medicine ... . 0 c. VEGETABLE MATERIA MEDICA. 68] No. 116. Striped ^Tlder. Says Dr. G. Westervelt: Among all the valuable discoveries which Ihave made during1 five years successful practice and experience, is the shrubcalled tobacco wood, striped alder, &c.; the enclosed drawing- is as correctas 1 could imitate. This plant grows as high as twenty feet, with the branchesconfined mostly to the top, where the leaves put out in pairs from thebranches, and are not very numerous. They are as long (some of them)
The American practice condensed, or The family physician : being the scientific system of medicine ... . 0 c. VEGETABLE MATERIA MEDICA. 68] No. 116. Striped ^Tlder. Says Dr. G. Westervelt: Among all the valuable discoveries which Ihave made during1 five years successful practice and experience, is the shrubcalled tobacco wood, striped alder, &c.; the enclosed drawing- is as correctas 1 could imitate. This plant grows as high as twenty feet, with the branchesconfined mostly to the top, where the leaves put out in pairs from thebranches, and are not very numerous. They are as long (some of them)as the two hands of a man, of a pale green colour, very soft and smooth, anda strong, agreeable smell; but when dry, have an odour like hyson tea, oryoung hyson : they are very mucilaginous, and, mixed up in hot water, forma poultice very similar to slippery elm bark flour. The bark of the shrub iscf a greenish cast, and striped ; the fruit is from two to three inches in di-ameter, tough, and yielding. It gro%s on sides of hills, and in thick, shadedwoods, where there is running water below. Leaves f
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