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122&#93; ASH are die mosl effectual. When or mucous sfc are urgent and distressing, a clys- ter of warm milk and oil will af- ford immediate relief. The most il purge, i ' and rhu- barb, of each half a drachm, which, ■when taken, seldom fail to bring away a transparent mucus, con- taining many of those worms alive. Various other remedies have be. mi employed in the removal of this troublesome complaint, of which quicksilver, calomel, and powder i, are the | The in- habitants of Jamaica are said to use the Geqjfraea-inerviis, or cat bark, with singular success. Dr. Duouid, kind, declares, that it is the most and vet most powerful, vermifuge i wn, and that it frequently brings away as many worms by lid fill a hat. He ■ -, however, that it sometimes produces violent effects, but these is used in the form of a. si o£tion, in- small doses of the pow- et we cannot, on this oc- i ' >n, omit to warn every affec- . .ring d remedies as to their children ; nor to trust to the inipu- i ions< .. advertisers i ges. — See Worms, See Droi eSwALLOW-WORT. ASH, or the Fraadnvs, L. is a - of "w hich .. six species. 3 the ash. or Fra.ii- i . lor, L. which is well Known to ever momist. I t1 a tjft) m fails to vantage to the ASH owner ; for the underwood, which is fit to be cut ht or ten years, will produce a rr;;':hr in- come, more than te to de- fray the rent ' iund, and other cha; les which, the trunk or stock preserved for tim- ber, will be worth forty or fifty shillings and upwards, per tree. It flourishes best in groves, but grows well in die rich soil of open fields: it aiso bears transplanting and lop- ping. In the north of i they lop the tops of these trt autumn to feed cattle, when tiie grass is on the d The ash-tree delights in a rich, light soil; it i height and perfection when at an age of from forty to fifty years. Aldiough it also grows in wet loose grounds, vet, when roar- these, hs wood becomes and durable. It prospers remarkably well on a white ci is also fin ■ I in a thriving state near i id ri- . Planting. — The Society for the Encouragement of '• at London, considered the cultivation of tiie a^h of so much importance, that, in the year 1 jj, I a premium of t j.uds, and in 17 SO their ; Day, of Friei. near Ro- chester, for an account of his suc- cessful method of rearing it. The whole is i first vo- lume of their T I we shall only obs< >vis enabled to plant one thou • me- thod. • three quarters, and thirteen rod, out of sixteeq acres, thn i, and twenty-, seven rod, are planted at the ance of four feet, b) r two. 1