The useful family herbal; or, An account of all those English plants, which are remarkable for their virtues: and of the drugs, which are produced by vegetables of other countries. With their descriptions, and their uses, as proved by experience ... With an introduction ... and an appendix; containing, a proposal for the farther seeking into the virtues of English herbs, and the manner of doing it with ease and safety. The whole intended for the use of families, and for the instruction of those who are desirous of relieving the distressed sick

Hill states at the outset that he intends to show the usefulness of botany in everyday life. His desire is to "inform those who live in the country, and are desirous of being useful to their family and friends, or charitable to the poor, in the relief of their disorders, of the virtues of those...

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