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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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almoit of the opinion that the Black Beetpf the
Ancient: ivas that we nowicall Our Red Brett: but
Modern Authors have found out feveral other Kinds.
. A5,,1; “Beta‘ziiridir, Chmmiknis', The Common Gi'een
Beef. “2, Beta, aloe, called aIf0,Can11ii1a 'U'Pallef-
rem; The‘White Beer. 3. Beta rnbra neyira, (:11-
Ied nlfo nignt, [5”riilzra vulgatior, The ch Beet.
L Beta more, called nlfo, Beta Ramona, Beta. 17ch
liapie‘ radice, Rapiern Reinvent, ,Riipmn jiztivuln RI!-
bruni, Beta ‘nigra‘ Romano, Beta 'erytbrorrbizor,‘ by
L'zcgdunenj: .The‘RVoman Red Beer; 5. BetaCreti-
co foinojil, Prick] Beets of Candia. 6. Beta Syl-
"i’viyfru maritime, ea Beets. L 7. Beta Lucia 8 view,
eIIOW Beets. 8. Betaflatieakclor, Beta Co a Ina,
alive Linea ,anrefa, ruberrirnn," .Itizlica, fickle, The
y now or it Sralk’d Beet. ;, Of'all which Kinds we
mail‘onl Treat of the hill Four in this Book, as
bein'r on y proper for this purpofe. And of them, we
rhaif’Dircourre of the th0 on Kinds in this.Chap<
ter. .
.111. The Defcription. Our Common-Green Beet
is alniaji like unto the White Beet, having a great
long hard Root, 1f '710 if? afte‘r’ Seed time, from
whence fpring'r np‘rn‘anfi la’rg‘e‘Leavu lying upon the
Ground of o green(Co our, antidji which rife: up a
large green'oiolk'lcnjied, with foznr‘ Brancber and
many Leaver thereon, almoji up to the To . The
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IV. Oiir Common “(hits Beet bar 2: long 'tbick,
great R001, and hard after‘ bearing Seed, which en-
dare: ‘all the Winter, and will). it: Lettuce upon it,
'bvor. perijbing commonlyibe fecond Winter. Franz
whence come: forth great broad Leaves, frnooth and
Plain, b‘ing mg; the Ground; theft-fry: Parkmfon,
grow in be! Coiintrier ‘m be three foot long and very
bred, and in our-Country they are very large but
nothing nearitba! Proportion, and ti) 'are of a
whim]; green Colour. 1 From tbie R00! rig; 113 a S! 003
great, jlrong,‘ and Ribbed or Owed, hearing great
jlere‘ofLeavee upon it,-alm up to the very top:
fl'i-Hewer: grew 'along; the .Smlk: in long tufted
S ilcer final] .1! their extremitier, and bending (low?!
!.[1I'Ht’dt15‘, and they clujier together in J7Jizfe like
little Starr: -, which being pajl, there are fnzollpale
greenijb yellow Bum, yielding cornered, and uneven
prickly Seed. -
V. The Placer. The Green Beet Parkirybn fays
has been found near the Salt Marthes by Rocbejler
m the Foot way going from the then Lady Lewjom"
Houfe thither. The White Beet is faid to grow
Wild upon the Sea Conlt of Tenet, and divers other
places by1the Sea. They delight to grow in fat and
morit Ground, but are chiefly nouriihed up with us
in GdrdflIJ'. ‘
VI. The Tirner. They ought to be fown in the
Spring : they hourifhand are green all the Summer
long, asgalfo in Winter; and they Flower in the
beifinning of foly, and the Seed is‘ripe in Au-
gie t ' '
VII. The Qualitier. They are Tern erate in re-
fpe& to heat and moilture, and of a itrous (Mali-
ty, Abllerhve, a little Diuretick, Opening, Ce hai
lick, and Hepatick, Ptarmick, Alterative, andA exi-
pharmick. .
VIII. The Specification. They are found to be
Specifick againll Difmfes of the Head and Brain.
IX. The Preparations. The Shops keep nothing
thereof, but you .may pre c thereiiom, 1. A
Liquid fuiee. 2. An Infpi ate juice. 3. An E]:
fence. 4. ADecoZIion. 5. An Errbine. 6. A CF
rapid-fol. I, " . . '
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'17)! Virtue;
.being taken 17]. or viij; Spoonfirls at a tithe; at going
to Bed xfor fome Nights, it op6ns theiDbllruEIions
- of ithe Liver and Spleen,and is good aghinit the Head
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XI. Me 1me ‘fm'ee, made withVinegar in-
to the thickne s of a” Balfam, and apply‘d‘,to the
Temples, 'tprevails againft the Infiz'ttt‘ttnatiohs ‘of the
Eyes, and mixed with Oil'Oliv‘eris-yg’oodxizgainlt
Burnings andScaldings. I; ‘,'..'- ,I‘ j
XII. The meme: 1: is good againit the Yellow
Jaundice, opens OhftruEiions both of Liver and
VS leen, is good againIi the Vertigo, and the Bitings
of any Venomous Creature. It is good againii the
Itch, the guns aIfeEted being bathed there with, and
cle'anl'es t e Head of Dandriff, dry Scurtf, Stabs,
and heals fretting and running Sores, Ulcers and Her-
pes in the Head, Legs, or Other Parts:‘ it isalfo
(bid to cure Baldnefs, and hinder the falling of the
Hair. Dofe 3. or 4. Spoonfuls ormore
XIII. The Decoli'ion. If it is made with Equal
parts of Water and Vinegar, it has all the Virtues
of the Emmet; heIides it prevails againII: St.'An-
tbonier Fire, and all ‘other Infhmnutions in any
P
art.
XIV. The Errlvine.‘ It is made of the Liquid
fniee iv. ouncer, Niter half an ounce mixed and
dimmed. Being fnuft n? the Nolirils it power-
fully empties and clean es the Head and Brain of
fuperfluous Humors which mufe the Apoplexy,
Epilepfy, Vertigo, Megrim, Cephalalgla, Cephalza,
Lethargy, Cams, and other like Diiiempers of thofe
Parts; it alfo cafes the Tooth Ach, and pains in the
Eats, and bein outwardl aggly’d, has all the
Virtues of the Hence and ec ion.
XV. The Catapla ni. Made of the boiled Herbs
with or 'without the Addition of a little Niter and
Alum, and a ply’d, it is good againli :all forts. of
Wheals, Pu es, Bails, Blains, and other eruptions
of the Skin, as alfo for-Chilblains or Kibes whether
on Hands or Feet, fpeeedily Curing them. '
CHAP.
X. The Liquid-Wire. ’ ItCis Nitrous‘and clwnftng: I
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