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Botanologia
Author
Salmon, William, 1644-1713. Other Author(s): Dawks, Ichabod, 1661-1730, Rhodes, Henry, Taylor, John, bookseller.
Date Added
10 January 2014
Language
English
Publish Date
1710
Publisher
London : Printed by I. Dawks for H. Rhodes ... and J. Taylor ...
Source
Botanologia
Alternate Title
the English Herbal, or, History of Plants : containing ... : Adorned with Exquisite Icons or Figures, of the most Considerable Species, Representing to the Life, the True Forms of Those Several Plants : the Whole in Alphabetical Order
Topic
Botany > Pre-Linnean works. Botany, Medical > Early works to 1800. Plants > Dictionaries > Early works to 1800.
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tahing,’we jholUiot hefo vaineo: to enumerate then:
all, ‘twould 5334' ho‘,Pu,r[to' e; andyetvitxwill he
money I‘fhrfthe‘Creditm .. the Book, toga): you
an 'Aioount of: the Chief .of theft-,1): Treating of
each Plant, wholi-Eeave: we ’were ohliged ehntinu-
ally to turn over.
t. IlL; ,The 'Author: we made molt aft of in Cont:
pohngxtht‘: Herbal ,, were ,thefe following, viz.
Bauhinhs, Brun'felfius, ,Czrfalpinus‘, Cametarius,
Clutius, Diofcorides,'rDodonaeus, Duranres, Fuch.
fins, Johnfon 'on Gerard, 1.01721 and Penn, Loni-
cerus, Lugdunenfis, Matthiolus, Parkinfon, Rue!-
lius, Schroder, Tabernzmontanus, Theophraftus,
and Tragus. Rafe, I 'fay, were thofe which were
chiefly tonfulted, and without whom, we thed not
affront the leioutje ofany‘Plant : ,But we cannot
fay theje were all, ' for ooeajionally a: it fell in our
way, and where fame particular Occurrence: requi-
red it, we had reoour e to many other:, more than
twice that number ehder, without the Help of
what we here Prefent you withall. 3
IV. Ar'to the Hifiorical Port, we could not much
deviatehhut were obliged to Pillow the waft cele-
hratetl Author: of thi: Suhjeil, viz. in their Nanteo,
Kindr, Defcriptionr, Place: 19‘ Growth, and Time:
of flowering and Seeding; In their Names, we
hove given you the mo]? ufual, and thofe chiefly hy
whioh the Plant (in all tiger) ha: been tool? known
and called, whether Afabiek, Greek, Latins, or
Englifh 3 in doing ofwhioh, we hope we have in.
name ineafure. ,retlijied the Latine Nomenclature,
which, even in all our Diaiom.ries,tha: hitherto
' hey-very Faulty and Inperfet‘l.
- ofil might hofound again. It grew in vaft plenty
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<. 1V. A: to the Kind: of any Plant, we own we
have not given you all that you will find in Parkin.
Ion, and many other Anthon, herald? thofe which
iwe have Omitted, an'Englifh Reader. may not pof-
36th come to the Knowledge or Sight of in Mary
-.Ager, 3th growing in fbretgn and Far-idiom
Countrter, a: Turkey, Petiia, Bali India, the Mo-
luchs, China, fie. Beftler, hovihg no known Vir-
tue: or -Ufe: a$gned to thent, but only their Name:
ranthfcriptionr, we thought they, would only take
up Matt), and: rather encumber the Book, than add
any real Excellency ‘or Advantage to it; conhtlering
it we: thiejl ,defgn’tl for the Beneyit and U94 the ’
Brailiool‘l’ yfician. ‘ . .
1' VI. 'A: to. the Deferiptionr, we fay they are the
home a: in other Authors, little or nothing differ-
ing from thefe in Bauhin, Clufius, Dodonius,
Fuchfius, Gerard, Iohnfon, Lugdunenfis, Matthi-
olus, Parkinfon, Tabernxmontanus, and Tragus;
But we have almqli‘ every where revers’d the Dr-
der of Defc'rihing ; for whereo: they many time: he.
gin at the top or upper part: of 4 Plant, andfo go
downward: to the Root, we on the contrary, gene-
rally begin at the Root, nrji-thmhing it, andp
afceml upward: to it: Stellar,- Leovet, Brancher,
blower: and Seecl, or Fruit, which we take to he
the molt. natural Order or Method.
. VII. A: to the Plate: of the‘G-rowth of Plantr,
they may he very uneertain, hecaufe, where they
have been found to Grow in great lonty, inform,-
which we could not have'fo Compleatb' perhmned 1Age: or TWN’ thefootjiep: of t efdm Plum if
not to he found now. In hone plate: where I have
found [metal Plant: to Grow a: Notive: of the
fame, when I too: a Touth, now in my prejen; dg.
clining Team, there are no rcwainJer: of the); 1,,
he found. The Egyptian Arum, or Pfeudocold‘
caHa, which we now call the Carolina Edda, (he.
caufe there ever where planted) diclfhrrnerly Grow
plentifally in gypt, which I [uppofe am in Na-
rive place of Growth, and war there flamed for
their ufe ‘in Mean, and for Fool : Aow our late
Travollerrfay, it ha: not for fame Age: heen blown
to Grow there at all. But ’ti: pajjzble (hot it ha:
been negleded and dijufed : Tet 1 ant ofOpinion,
that if it were diligently fought after, ,Qime remain:
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