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Handels- und Arzney-Pflanzen
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Plants. LXXXII. Vol. IV. No. 42., COMMERCIAL AND MEDICINAL PLANTS., Fig. 1. The wild Endive or Succory. (Cichorium intyhus.), 1 he Succory is a médicinal plant which grows wiid in Germany near the roads and high ways, uron the balks and mountains. ]t haï a narrow notched leaf and a starlike flower. It is a bieimial plant vvhofe leaves as well as roots have for a krng rime been eaten as vegetables, but. not long i'ince its root is beconre very remarkable i'rorn beifig ufed al* most génerally in the room of coffee. For this purpofe the Succory is now fi-equenily cultivated in gardons as well as in the iïeld where ils root becomes îhicker and mor>e pulpous. In Antumn it is taken out of the ground, cleaned, cul into frnaii pièces and after being roafted and ground like Coffee, it is kept for fale in leaden boxes. In this manrer the Succory is become at oreTent a considerable article of trade in Germany and is principally carried on by some great manufacturers in the lower Saxony., e pulpous. In Antumn it is taken out of the ground, cleaned, cul into frnaii pièces and after being roafted and ground like Coffee, it is kept for fale in leaden boxes. In this manrer the Succory is become at oreTent a considerable article of trade in Germany and is principally carried on by some great manufacturers in the lower Saxony., Fig. 2. The Pepper-Mint. (Mentha piperita.), The Peppcr-mint grows wild in England; but in Germany, thongh ail other kinds of mint are met wiih evcry where, it is only cultivated in the gardens where it stands the hardeft wmter. It forms a low fhrub whoTe stalks grow about a foot high. On the point of the stalks the white blueish flower appears like a corn-ear. The green leaves are poiï'effed of a fragrant fine il and a burning arornatick tafte whence it dérives its médicinal Virtue of strengthening the stomack, which is so strong, that, when taken, au agréable warmth is felt immediately through the whole body.
