Excerpt from A New Family Herbal, or Popular Account of the Natures and Properties of the Various Plants Used in Medicine, Diet, and the ArtsN.b. Those persons' who desire to possess a com plete and familiar Introduction to the Science Qf Bo tany, will find one in the grammar or botany.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.