Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-04-28
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RF.orpcrs or rHr ScurHEHs FIEI DE- AND tot-
.trs. IRsdical, Ertnom'cai and Aaric"i-
tu7oi. With practical Inflammation on the
useful properties IF Ike Tes, .F!G"Ss ard
Shrubs.
BIZ Francis Teyre Po,ch,r. Surgeon, +. j.
C.S, Charleston Eysns Il C.'gsr-l!.
\ ocoa which carried ycu strai.:h: !nto
the woods, snd along tho mHrgin o. c!ea--
flowing s..c.n., FAD ;c:fumns your ilnssina-
lion with tho lleal.hiul oior % isanil emo
# t.rcb;n:h. Now, that the gr:ei"nI :.rs':z
opeas mud over al tho wide esfsnue c: our
be,uirous iapd tho bursting buds If Every
tisli and :"i sas s's rejoicing IN ;'ie sun ard
zoe F:Toni.n ARA, such cnmpanicn Will
aursly TO w=lcame i'll tho Country; wero 1t
only to minister [, an e!,ligh!, ned Enjoyment
IN lea:niuy how TO c.:2g,uns !nta lissntly
xith cur mother n.!u'e. Fw we asvs
hero scientific classification, sc well rs pop
nlSs description and non enclature Ct all tbs
oralmects Of tho woods, in sll their thou.
ssni tribes -sni minute ins.i uc',cns how
and when to gntle:, sn6 ssvc srd use every
Article cf our sylvan wealth, whe!he' for
medical Purposes or for other uses CT srj1y-
meot CT ornament.
And this wealth is vast s:,h vsIirus.--
Many al article y hch We nsre been sccus.
icn5d to import A. great expense fruI, abroad,
,a.ny dial medicine, OF which our Ien-
t,,t l,.s~
:,!ochsde, eau bs found in our Gwn woods: or
.lso substitute for it 40 sesvi'e.,'e :hat we
should never mics ths foreign product. Per
tspa THO diseases Incident to each Country
and Gina, have thoif antidote OK cure some
where In Tho Flora or the mineral treasures
Of that land itself. And Prnvidencs,s so houn-
teous to us in All tho r. st, las net failed liz
in !his. Old pcnplo, and women, and chill
Gson, who stay at home, might not
only rcjeye lie tediu,H and anxiety of
thinking Of their sons and brothers
enduring the hardsnips of the field, but
might be substantially uscfn! to tbcm and 10
their oouniry, by gathering and saving the
valuabls medicines which lie hidden in ths
COMMON plants and fl ,Rers of the leld. The
book before Us is approved BY the msd'ca!
department; aud we may presume that Its
descriptions directions s-d recipes are snffl-
cien.iy sccuSsts for every practicsl service
10 medicine. But the work by no msani
contiuss itself to tbia. From Imperial red wino
Gown - casI,: Gil; from vegetable soSp and
t.ilow candlss to n,:iyo tcb,f"grs (~h!Sl gro
I'll absolute nocessary) and native aphrcdisiaca
(Which are, per haps, asupertiuity) With sugars,
salads, SAUCES; .hsss is matter here to stock
,iot only the disponsasory, but the grocery
stcrc $50. What think readers of a full
dozen of plants, hsaides mxpls and cane,
which produce sugar? OF native Ar
tiperi9d;cs, which arc moro or lsss substi-
tute for quiuine, there are some thirty. So
thst while thousands ace chattering their
teeth in chills, or consuming in fsver, and
cursiDg tho Yankee blockaders who keep out
the qulniue, there are juices in tho familiar
shrubs all around .herr, ready to BIS called forth
by sniis henad zeal and care, which would
rout that hidcous enemy from tho blood.
We propose to devote some space from
time to tina, to reprint extracts from this
most useful work. To begin with, take these
passages from the article on the Rax Myrtle,
(Ayrica ceritsra0 which is found abundant