F O X ious air, will < r- I fox-glove, it" tin but we think ii our duty to that it is one of julcnt plants which can be entrusted to inexperienced sons, t>r empirics, !•- 1 very part of fox-glove i very bitter and acrid taste, by which it is apt to corrode mouth, throat, and stomach, chil- dren ought to be warned against its poisonous properties. — Sweet butter-milk, or oil and vinegar, in large draughts, will be the most tual antidotes. FOX-TAIL GRASS, or Al - rurwi, L. a genus of plants con- sisting of 18 species, of which Dr. Smith enumerates tour, and Dr. Withering six., to he natives of England : the principal of these are the following : 1. The prafensis, or Meadow Fox-tail-grass, which is perennial, grows in meadows and pastures, and flowers in the month of May or June. This plant thrives natu- rally in moist soils only ; it affords the best grass that can be. sown on low meadows, or in boggy places which have been newly drained. Its seeds ripen early, and are eas ly collecled. Although sheep pastur- ing on it, are said to acquire a coarser fleece, yet it furnishes a most grateful food to cattle ; but, as the larvae of a species of flies devour the seeds to so great an ex- tent, that in many spikes scarcely one will be found perfect, its cul- tivation is radier precarious. These insects are very minute, of an orange colour, and are die prey of the Cimex campestx is, or Field- Iwg, whose moudi is peculiarly V R A L33* I , the husks of Tin- I tlbosus, or Bulboin FoX'l , liii b is pen nnial, i shy situations, and (lowers in the months of June and July. This species is particu- uisplidatin ; the s to be more generally cultivated in such ■•oils, in ord< r to
- it them from being poached
■ k . : of catde. 3. The qgrestis-, or Slender Fox* tail-grass, winch is likewise peren- nial, grows in corn -ii. Ids or oa road rs in the month oi July. This plant is pro- yincially c; .k-tcnt; and, though a very troublesome weed, wheat, it might be sown with - as a meadow-grass ; for, in its green state, it is much relished by cattle; and Bechst«rin asserts, that cows fed with it, give an unusual quan- tity of milk. FRACTURES of Bones, are ac- cidents which generally arise from external injury. They are either simple, when the skin and other integuments remain sound; or dou- ble, when splinters are projecting, and the fracture communicates with a wound. If, after a severe fall, or blow, the patient feels pain, accompanied with swelling, and tension of the contiguous muscles ; when a grat- ing noise, distortion, and a loss of muscular power are perceived on handling the injured part,, there is every reason to apprehend that the bones are broken. j'o time should then be lost in applying to a skilful surgeon ; as fractures and contusions, especially those of the ribs, are generally attended with febrile symptoms, which require the
