 | James Pilkington - 1789 - 516 pages
...eat it. Cows refufe it. RnAMKUsfrangula. Black berry-bearing Wilder. S. May. Glapwell. Mr. Hallows. From a quarter to half an ounce of the inner bark, boiled in fmall beer, is a fharp purge. In dropfies, or conftipations of the bowels of cattle, it is a very certain... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 816 pages
...the inner bark of this plant boiled in fmall beer, is в (harp purge. In dropfies or conitipations of the bowels of cattle, it is a very certain purgative....are ripe, dye wool green. The bark dyes yellow, and л\ч1Ь preparation of iron black. Charcoal prepared from the wood is preferred by the maker? of gunpowder.... | |
 | William Withering - 1812 - 950 pages
...Devonshire,] S. May — June.t * From a quarter lo half an ounce of the inner bark, boiled in small Itcer, is a sharp purge. In dropsies, or constipations of the bowels of rattle*, it is a very certain purgative. — The Iwrries githfred before they :TC ripe dye wool given.... | |
 | 1823 - 888 pages
...it said, that from t 140 Pentandria. quarter to half an ounce of the inner bark of this plant bulled in small beer, is a sharp purge. In dropsies or constipations...ripe, dye wool green. The bark dyes yellow, and with preparation of iron black. Charcoal prepared from the wood is preferred by the makers of gunpowder.... | |
 | 1804 - 648 pages
...red. ' JFbods, tret fiedges. BLOSS. April, May. Use. The inner bark, from a quarter to half an ounce, boiled in small beer, is a sharp purge. In dropsies, or constipations of the bowels of <cattle> it is '» very certain . purgative. The berries gathered before they sire ripe, dye wool of a green colour.... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1838 - 796 pages
...Taurida. The berries are used by the Russians for dyeing yellow, and the bark for dyeing a tawny colour. From a quarter to half an ounce of the inner bark,...boiled in small beer, is a sharp purge. In dropsies, or constipation of the bowels in cattle, it is a very certain purgative. The berries are also purgative,... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1842 - 1248 pages
...high, after being 10 years planted. Branches numerous, alternate, leafy, round, smooth, and blackish. From a quarter to half an ounce of the inner bark, boiled in small beer, is a sharp purge. The bark dves yellow, and, with a preparation of iron, black. The flowers are particularly grateful... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1842 - 1320 pages
...high, after being 10 years planted. Branches numerous, alternate, leafy, round, smooth, and blackish. From a quarter to half an ounce of the inner bark, boiled in small beer, is a sharp purge. The bark dyes yellow, and, with a preparation of iron, black. The flowers are particularly grateful... | |
 | Hughes Fraser Halle - 1851 - 176 pages
...iron, black. It has been used in dropsies, and constipation of the bowels of cattle, as a purgative. From a quarter to half an ounce of the inner bark, boiled in small beer, is a sharp purge. Gerard says, that it was boiled in wine or vinegar to make a lotion for tooth ache. The charcoal makes... | |
 | Francis Peyre Porcher - 1869 - 820 pages
...berries; and of R. franyula, (Blackberry bearing alder,) that the bark dyes a yellow color, and that from a quarter to half an ounce of the inner bark boiled in small beer is a sharp purge ; used as a certain purgative in constipation of the bowels of cattle. CELASTRACEJ3. STAFF TREE, (Celastrus... | |
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From a quarter to half an ounce of the inner bark, boiled in small beer, is a sharp purge. In dropsies, or constipations of the bowels of cattle, it is a very certain purgative. — The berries gathered before they are ripe, dye wool green. 
