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Show MALE ORCHIS. of the root of our common field orchis, have been since proposed | and practised: most approved is that by ault, of Rochdale, wl we shall transcribe from the words of Dr. Percival, who follows Mr. Mauit in recommendingthe cultivation of which promises to afford so useful-and whol Salep. Dr. Percival says, ‘* Mr. Mault ha: lately favoured the | with a new mannerof curingthe o1 many specimens of his salep at least equal, if not superior, to any brought from the Levant, I can rec rend the following, which is his process, from n edge of its success :— The newroot is to be washec vater, and the fine brown skin which covers it is to be separated by me of a small brush, or g the root in hot rubbing it with a coarse Vi . linen cloth. ynen a sulhicie it numberofroots have been thus cleaned, they a eto be spread | on a tin plate, and oven heated to the usual degree, where ten minutes, in which time theywill hess, and acquired a transparency like horn, wi ORG HTS. MASCULA. nution of bulk. Order I. Diandria, Being arrived at this state, a horn behind the flower. several days to effect; or by using a very gentle heat be finished in a few hours.?? Bulbs undivided: Lip of the Nectary four-lobed, crenulated: Peials behind refiexed. nutritious, as containir DESCRIPTION: the top. eat quantity of farinaccous mz k, and hence’ it Stalk simple, upright, purplish e, terminal, in a regularspike. Bracteas attendepee ueschys lower, purple. Corolla composed of five pétals, ) } ) boili gw wry © te use of salep as ot} USE. Salep, which is imported here from the East, and formerly kcld in great estimation, is now well knownto be a preparation ompany, to pre ival, that this powder s soup, dissolved 10 Stence for one mana day, larginate, 1 May. shi rm1 a Tic e of supporting ne lerable lengt f time. An ounce of each of these “ces, with two quarts of boiling water, will be sufticient sub- in three outward, two inward, making a kind of helmet. The nectary before petal-form, cut into three segments; middle one HIS LO RX, has been thought fit to constitute < part of the provisions of every I nine at Forit is observ ad the dried gelatinous part of Leaves long, pointed, embracing the stem. MEDICAL 7 ma Salep, considered as an article of diet, is accountedext: SS sot is a double tuber. ) moved, in order to dry and harden in theair, which will require t ty, dysury, and calc Dr t only recommends ve donein diarrl dysen- 3; but he thinks “in the Mptomatic fever, which arises from the absorption of pus, m ulcers in the lungs, from wounds, or from amputations, Uep used plentifully is an admirable demulcent, and well adapted |