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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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' "'54
at leall : This has been found eifeElual againll Fits
of the Mother, Cholick, and Painslof the Back and
Reins, and generally ’tis good agarnll Crarrrps, Con-
vuliions, Sciatica’s and other vehement Paths of the
lower Parts of the Body. i ' v 4
c H A‘P. XXXIX.
0f Sea or Marni A SBARAGus.
I. HE Namer. It is called in Creek’Mn-ime'
haunt: in Latin, by. Anguillara and Taber-
”IUIIldIIlIJ', Afpttrttgtt: Palttjlrir: and Afpartagm ”14‘
rinm, by 0th1: and Camerarittrv: hy Bduhtnttr, P!-
m, and Label, Afparagttt maritime: : in Engltfh;564,
or ‘41th Affaragttr.‘ ' ‘ ‘ . ""
II. The Kind . Thisis the hrfl fort of theWrId
Kinds; which fome Would have us to believe will,
by Tranl‘plantation, and Manuring in Gardens, he-
come the Garden Kind, at lealt as goodhas the Gar-
den Kind. ‘ . . “ .
III. The Defcription. ThirWild, orSea, or Matih
kind of Afp'aragus ha: a Row with many Strin r and
fibrer difpezfedfrom afpongy Head like the firmer,
frmn whence rife: up many, 'httt fhorter Stalk: 7th
the Garden Kindr,‘ ranger 4% and thither, hran-
(hing hm]; in the ante manner, and hwingfneh lihe
winged Leaver; ‘bllfjborft‘l'7' thicker, hardc‘r, and of
a.hlewtjh,, green Colour; ,Derflhwerr are lilce, the
cther,‘and h; are the Bertie: or Seed which hillaw,
but greater than they,- and na! if j: 'frefh a red
colour. 2 . ‘ , . ' ' . V‘ ‘
IV. 'Ileflam. TIt is found to grow in the Mar-
fhes of Ttdnatn, necir Chepjiow, and in Appleton
Meadow. in Glomejlerjhirt', about tWo Miles from
Brtjiol, where the Poor Pm’ple’do gather the young
Shoots or Heads, and fell them; in 'the 'Market at
prrfiol; much cheaper than ourGarden Kind is fold
rnlondon. 1M: Roy fays he has found it alfo at the
hazard Palm; and ‘it is faid to be found about
. 6.11 Saline Trnllttre. ‘
saiman’mntn. ; . Lib, 1;,
Herzcieh in E-ymgmd divers other Marih Grounds
and Places, as in a Mmdow belonging to :1 Mill
near 'Ihor in [Ljfex -, and at Singleton not far from
Corhie : :1 f0 in the Meadows neu Multan in Lin-
wlnfhire : At :1 plgce called Humming, not far
‘ . from Hamid), and at jUDIIIIQJIJIl liclland, which is
alfo :1 artofLinwlnfhire. . ,, - .
V.‘ he Times-.1 The Tender Shoots fixing up in
7 March and April, at what times they are gathered
-,' they Flowerin fare and fill), and the '
. . "7 (
pand Eaten
Berries are ripe in Sepernher. " ,, .
‘ VI. Th :Qlltllill‘n. 'It‘ is, as to its hilt Qualities,
temperate: Mr. Ray Etys, that the Roots arc Diu-.
retick, and Lithontriptick, and are one of the five ,'
opening Roots :' Thcr ' are a proptintcd tokthe Liver,
Spleen, Reins, Wont and ihints. ' . ; ,
VII. Specifcation. The Roots are peculiar
againll the Yellow Jaundice, Stone or Gravel in the
Reins and Bladder, as alfo the Sciatica and Gout. ‘
VIII, The Preparatianr; You may have therefrom,
r. The tender Sfrottt: tat-11:41:. 2: A Detailion cf‘
the Root: in Wine. ‘3. A juice from the ftme.
4. An Emnte of the Room. 5. ASyrnp of tl‘efamt.
, "The ”1.114;: .
IX.‘ TheVirtues of the .Ro'ots‘and Seed, :iiid‘cven
of the whole Plant, are the lime in all: refpeE‘ts
.with thofe of the Munutcd or'.Gardenj-, [3) that we
rues and Ufcs of the ,afore enun‘crated Prepara-
tions, but wholly refer you to that which has 'al4
rmdy been fetid in the loll: Chapter. . L ' ' ,
ofwndn‘serRAc’u s: ,:
I. HE A'atner. It is called. inGt‘eek, ’Anu'me'
' :1219'; Mvz'wlla inm'avyo- Wino: in La!
tin; ’Afptzragu: Sylvefirir': in Englyh, Wild Afpara:
gm, or Stone Afparngur.‘ ' ' . . -
II. The Kindr.‘ There are‘two principal Kinds,
1‘. Illyttanthimtr 'Galeni, Agaragur Syl‘itejiri: jhliti .
aunt's :' Gefner,'Dadonmu, amemrim, and others, "
call it limply Afpdl‘dguf. Sylvcjirir: Cbrdm, .Lohel
Utgdttnenhr, and-others, Corned; : Hatthintt: an >‘
to be ththhgaragur Petrett: of Galen and Digiti-
rtder. 2. Afparagttr Pflfrtllfr or Cbrrtttla' aruleattt,
( f0 that he makes little difference between thisan
faint) (I ettndm.exartmn. - . l .
. III; The Defcriptions. The firji, Wild Afpara- ‘
‘gus with [harp Leaves, hara Head (JRoatr, having .
many Strings- and Fibre: Je ending from it, thicket“
and fharter than ’any . ‘
"whence rife: up three orfimr Stizlkr, which tirejhpr.
hinttr, A [angui- atttleatur altef,"trihttr"atit guittttor'
together : VA: thtfefointt likewi e, with the Leaver,
fmelling aefweetat a arch Violet; after which
o
Pnrkinjhn, Ajparagtithvlii: audit 5 and is thought '
Pric'hlngaelc xmmragttr .- this‘ is called b , Clu'h'tic, ' V
Chrrttda alien: : by Delanetir, Afparagm‘ )‘lvejiri: .
‘the' former, tho’rindeed there is much':) and by Eda. '
'o the other Kindt', frbnt '
ter, jlranger, and tougher than the othenr‘divtrjb, L.
fpread and branched into many Wing, 0,, which n”. '-
fer atfeperaldifianeer, many [”141], fhort,‘ha‘rd, and- ,A
fharp pointed Leaver, foe or fl'jjlanding at dfqint’; "
game-thrth'the Haven, mnyifet ti on a loantalk,‘ ‘1
which are Yellow, and ennfi ing if 131 Leave: apiece, ,
i need not here be particular in cxplicning ‘the Vir-' . t
ge'bn'A 'p: n. 1.13 1
comtflllall Berrier, green at theyirji, aminfa [7146; iv -