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t62] NET their milk : — According toM.VAiJ Geuns, such fodder is an elfec- tual preservative against the conta- gious distemper aftefling horned cattlf:. The roots of the Common Net- tle, when boiled, communicate a yellow tinge to yarn. But the most valuable part, is its librous stalk or stem ; which, on being dressed in a manner similar to flax or hemp, has, in some parts of Eu- rope, been advantageously manu- faftured into cloth. This u^^eful branch of industry has also been attempted in Britain, and a coarse kind of durable canvas was pro- duced, which is considerably harder than the cloth manufactured from hemp or flax. As, however, this plant requires a rich soil to obta.n it in any quantity, and, as a much greater degree of attention and ac- curacy is necessary in the opera- tion of rating, than is requisite either for flax or hemp. Dr. An- DEKSON is of opinion, that the cul- tivation cf the nettle will be attend- ed with difiiculiy. — From the rind, as well as the woody substance of the stalk, Br. ScHAEFFERhas pro- duced a very good white writing paper ; though that manufaftured by M. DE ViLLETXE, in France, vas of a dark-green colour. — ^The seeds, on expresaion, attbrd an use- ful lamp-oil. In a medicinal view, the v.'hole plant, and particularly the root, is psteen^ed to be diuretic ; and has, therefore, been recommended in |he jaundice and in nephritic com- plaints. — A leaf, if placed on the tongue, and pressed against the roof of the mouth, is said to be jefficacious in bleeding at the nosej ^nd instances have occurred, in •which paialytic limbs have been /ecpveied by stinging them with NET nettles. If credit be due to some authors, the expressed juice of thi? plant is a valuable remedy to the aslhm.atic and consumptive. 3. The piluUfera, or Roman Nettle, growing among rubbish, and on old walTs. It is found chiefly in the vicinity of Yar- mouth, and on the eastern coast of England ; it flowers in the month of August. Both the last mentioned species possess similar properties j and, as the Common Nettie, in particular, acquires the height of six feet, when sown in September or 06to- ber, on an inditiVrent soil, Funke strongly recommends its culture; nay, he maintains, that after the second year of its growth, it thrives rapidly, reproduces itself annually, and may be mown two or three times every year. In this r"spe6t, it promises to become au excellent fodder for catde, NETTLE-HEMP, or Galeopsis, L. a genus of native plants, con- sisting of four species, the princi- pal of which is the Tetrahit, Com- mon Henjp-nettle, or Nettle-hemp All-heal. It grows in hedges, corn-fields, and among rubbish j flowers in the months of July and August.— In Th«ringia, the small seeds of this plant are coUefted by the poor, and not only sold in con- siderable quantities as food for birds, but their sweet-oil likewise is expressed ; as it aftords an ex- cellent supply for chamber-lamps. Hence, Bechstein advises the cultivation ot tiiis vegetable, chief- ly on account of its mild salad-oil, which the seeds yield in a large proportion. NEiTLE-RASH, or Urticaria, a cutaneous disease, thus denomit' nated, from the resemblance of the eruption to that produced by the ■ ' Stiiigius