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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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tathcr piccer, and‘ot the Top: a long fltilt‘ed head of
It, were, in the one ( which irthe life, aanthe more
rare to find ) wholly white, and of abetter, fcent
than the other ( thoaghjontefty itrhtt: no fcent ) tn
the Greater, which '1! the more. common ttithnrr,’ at
a hlttlh, or deep red color, awarding to the.Soil in
which it grow, a clay ground bringing forth a paler
(alol‘.jtllflt'lt‘httl weak ., anl before the Stall: hrztjiood
with the Heater: a allenth’above groand, it: will, be
jaled awry andgone, and blown away with the Wind:
after whirl) the Leaver will begin to ffring, which
when they are full grown, will be ‘0er broad and
large big enortgh to rover the whole Body atrleajl
the flea], like an Umbrella, which hide: rota 81m
and Rain ; they are fitnewhat thin, and (11!!!le rottnd;
ruhtfe thieh red Footjlallrr, being about ajhot or more
long, [fond under, or toward: the middle of the
Leaver, the. longer part: qf which, ‘ore divided into
two round pzirtr, ely'emlniojl "one to another, tit; a
at
‘ [tale green color above, and hoary tinderneath. '
which bring: white jiower:,‘bring: forth alfojinaller
leave: thaathe, other doth, having divers. 'ribr'and
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IV. Gerard has another kind of Defcription,
which in fome meafure explicates the former, for
which real'on I think it neceilhry to infert it here:
Batter-Bar ( lirys he) doe: in a manner bring forth
'1 I I'lorver: before the Leaver, a: Coin-foot doe: fhr
which redonfome have thought it to be one a the
hurl: If Colts-fCOT, and fhr which ”no” Matthie-
lus and Camerarius in their Epitome, have called it
Tulhlago‘rnajor, a; i: behire'ntentioned: ) The]:
llmcerr, fays he, ore Small and llloMe, tending to a
purple color, which are made up into a big Ear, (u
I! more, and ‘quichly after, together with it: Stein,
Kim") H ”JIM, full if faltjlante, and brittle )fade
an [fall away : then come: up the Leaver, which are
1'6"? E’ M 7 like a round Co or Hat, called in Latin
P591915, ”ffwha 'l'vtclettfjf or largenrfr, a! that of
”fflfo’” [NI ”17’9"ng to heep'a tllanfrottt a
[hotter of Rain, or from the heat of the Sari and
therefore are mnehlarger than the Leaveroir the
great Burdock, their color irjbmezchat z‘chite, bat
whiter - underneath a, every 'Stenl bear: hi: Lt’aj
whieh i: fotlll‘lltllt’f a Cubir long, thick .oitd fall e;
fubannre,’ 'whichrjiands, a; it were,‘ tender the Leaf
in the Center or Middle alnto of the Circumference
like to one of. the greatcjl. h ulhrooms, fetling Md;
the Cleft anthe lower art if the :Leaf near the
Stern, efpeeially zchen I try are frrijhlng or wither-
ing away: at frli the ufper fupetyieial or otttfde of
the Mulhroom and: out, and when they are in rei-
thering it flan : more in, and the edger, a: it were
tttrn up ; hi i: it in the Butter Bur Leaf, which ha;
on the ottt [Me a rertain [hollow hollownefr. -
V., The Plaeer. They both grow in wet and my!
Grounds by River: and Water hder, and upon the
'Brinhr and Emir of Lake: and Pondr, almoli eve-
ry where. t, a ' ' ,
VI. .The Timer. The Flowers rife and deny in
February and March, and then fade away :, Gerard
fays,‘in,t‘llareh or April :.when they are gone, then
calm?t 71: p the Lcnves, WhIilc'llll remain all Summer, even
t llllt’f,‘nelv ones r 1 owin u and bein
added to the former. gr - ' g P, ‘. g
VII, The Qualities. The Roots, which are mollly
ufed,are hot and dry in the third Degree, Digellive,
Drkulhve,and’.3udorihck; Cephalick, Neurotick,
Stomatick, Hyfierick,‘ and Cordial ; 'Alterative, and
Alexipharmic . . . ’
VI 1.- The.S[7eei ratio”. It has a peculiar power
and force againll oifon of all kinds, and the Infe-
EtionofthePlague. ,'
1X. “The Preparatiom. You may prepare from the
Root, 1. A Ponder. 2. A juice. 3. .An Ellen“.-
4. A, Spirituou: Tingle". 5. A Detotlion. 6. A
Mixture. . , ‘ t .- ' ‘
The Virtuee.
XL 'Ihe Ponder. Being given to one dram, and
drunk in.Wine, it is a molt excellent thing agalnll:
the Plague, and all forts of Pellilential Fever-s, as
Spotted Fever, Putples, Mealles, Small Pox, Uc.
becaufe it is Sudorifick or provoking Swat, and
drives from the Heart all forts of Venom and Pay-
fon: it kills Worms, and is powerful againli Hy.
Rerick Fits, or Vapors and Suffocrtion . of the MO<
the: : If it is firewed on old and filthy runninglll‘
cers, it clmnfes, drys, and 115115 them. It alfo ro-
vokes Urine, and the Monthly Terms in on
men. , w ,
XI. The jaiee. It is exprelTed out of the Root]:
being beaten in a Mortar, and fqueezod out with
White Port Wine. It has all the Virtues of the
Pouder, and may be given from one ounce, to two
or three ounces, Morning and Evening, as a preven-
tive againll the Plague, and every fix hours after
InfeElion. 7 . , a . ’
XII.-The Ejenee. It has all the Virtues of the
Pouder and Juice, but more powerful to all the In-
tentions : It provokes Urine, and the Courfes, and
kills the flat, broad Worms in‘the Belly. , Dofe 09C
or two ounces mixed with Wine. It is a powerful
thing in the cure of the Yellow Jaundice, and the
bitings of Vipers, Ur. ‘ ‘
XIII. ,The Spirituom 'I'inllnre. It is good againil
Poifon, and the Bitings of Mad Dogs, prevails =1-
gainll Fainting and Swooning Pits, and is a famous
thing ,to reEtihe the Dillem er of the Stomach.
Dole one or two drams in a lafs of Canary.
IV. The Deentlion. ' II: is good againll Coughs,
Colds, Allhma’s, Wheezings, dilhculty of Breathingv
and other DiRem ers of the Lungs, cauling EXPC'
Eloration. It ki ls Worms, provokes the Terms"
and has all the other Virtues or‘the’l’ouder and 5“
fence aforegoing, but not'hrll out (‘0 power U.‘
Dole from two ounces to four 'or fix, as hot 3:11;