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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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Chap; 5143.: .V Eoglt 2 Herb.-
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the Aporhemries,Caulir : [Fl Englijh, Cole, and Cole-
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ll. 'I'heKindr. There are two principal Kinds,
viz. r. The Headed Colewart, which is on: Common
Cabbage, of which we have at large Truted in
(hop. tog. aforegoing. 2. The Ito! headed, or open
Colman, of which there are feverdl Specres, we.
r. The Garden Kindr, of which in this Chapter.
2. 77w Cole-Flower, of which in Cap. 144. 3. e
Wild Kind, of which in Cap. 1 5'. 4. The Sea Ogle-
wort, of which in Cap. 146. f the Garden Kind
there are many Species, as r. Brawl: vulgamfanoa,
Our common Garden Colewort. 2. Brahea jhftva
Criftm, Cutled Garden Colewort> 3. Bralfca Ra-
bra, The common Red Colewort. 4. Brawl: fa-
tnla, The open Cabbage Colewort : Of all which
in their order.
III. The Defc‘riptions. Tthrji which 1': our cont- ,
”ton Garden ColeWOrf, hat a woodyjirong Root, with
many fibre: or Stringf adjoining to it 5 from which
Root rijZ’ up many broad, thick, for Leave! ,o-a
deep black green color, through the middle of, w ith
ave: run: in each a great-Rib, which tr thtek and
high on the hark-Me, with ”to? fmaller Rtbr'or
Brancher riling from that tnid le Rib, of Redd: ,
Whitilh, and Ajh-colorr. The Stall: grow: out 27’
the mid from among thefe Leaver, whzchjjzrea r
itfelf orth into feveral Brancher, hearing at the
lap, ftnallyellow Plowm- .- which Flowert’hemg 114?,
long Cod: jncceed, full of round Seed, [the thofe of
the Towel), butfntaller. . ' ' -
. IV. The recond,.o’r, Crif ed Kind, ha: 4 Root,
Stalk, Flower:,= Codr, and eed not much difering
from the former.- [mt the grate]? dtferente lye: in
the magnitude, thtrheing omething. leer than the
armer; and m the affthi: “being divided with
m deep Cute, evenvtanhemiddle Rib on hath
$3.51? which mean: It became: rough every where
m m edger, and ye (ouch Gifped or Curled.
V- 17:: third Kin u not: unto one]: in it:
Rootr, Stalk, broad, thich, fat Leaver, flowery, Gulf,
andSeed, that it tt‘ottldjeern to he wholly the fuzz?
Individual Specier, did, not the color moxie the diffe-
fence, that heitlg of a green color, this ofa Red ;
hone of a deep purple, other: of a lighter Red, and
fame of 21' reddIJh Green. .
The Open
Cahha e
Cole‘ g
worm
VI. The fourth Kind, ha: a Rootfo'm'ewhat third,
[irong,'and wbady, flled with alzncjt‘ an innumerable
company of jibm, jzrne greater, font: fnza'ller, fmne
fhorter andfonte longer, like in number at it were
to the air: ofoner head -, from which Root fpringr
11 one thick Stalk, having at top thereof a great
I ick head of trampled Leaver : the Leave: are large,
and of a white green color, and fet with thick large
white Rihr: the outermoji of which gather the rtyi
of the Leaver :quer together, which are lejer than
thtfe next the ground, thefe lye open myt art of
the Summer, without anyjeerntngrtef: to (lo e : [mt
toward: the end of the Summer, being grown to have
a great man)- Leaver, it then feent: at if it would
fhnt up or clolfe together ; hatjlanding a while at a
jtay it on I)! contrary rather dilate: and fpreddr'
illjhlf abroad, looking 157116”)in like a thick, hard,
wIitened Czlewort, and i: indeed nothing el e.
VII. There are befides thefe, feveral other Species
of edible Oltwortr; fome Curled, and wholly of a
Green color, fome of divers colors in one Plant, as
White, Yellow, Red, Purple, or Crunfon, f0 vari-
ably mixed as to caufe admiration the Leaves he-
in curled on the edges like a Ru , very beautifiil
to hold. 2. There is alfo another earl’d Colewort,
of lefs beauty and refEeEl, being but a little curl’d
on the edges, whole eaves are white, and edged
with green : or green and edg’d with white.
3. There are two otherfort: of Olewortr, one ofa
Popinjaf' green color: the other of a line deep
green, ike unto the SaVOys. 4. There is the Col:
Rape, which is alfo a Colewort, which bears a white
Head, or headed Stalk above the ground, as large
as a reafonable Turnep, but longer, and from the
top whereof f ring out divers grail-Warm:
unto other Co ewortr, among which rife up divers
Stalk hich b ellow Flowers, and Seed in
S) w ear y D d 2 Pods,