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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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fury, and' ('0 put up theTWomb, it provokes the
erms,
XX. The Afhe: of the Smlhr. They are wonder-
fully drying and piercing, fo that they almoll be-
come Caullick; being mixed with Hogs Lard, the
mixture is very effeu‘lual to anoint the fides and
Stomach of fuch, who have of 3 Ion time been
pained in thole arts, or in any other p ce, where
the pain arifes tom the o prellion of the Spleen, or
excefs of the Melancholy Humor, by helping to
di ell it, and difcufling Hamlencies
XI. The Seed. Being bruifed and drank, it kills
Worms, as Galen fays : it alfo takes away freckles
of the Face, and other parts of the Skin, Sunburn-
ings, Taming, Scurf, Morphew, and other Defor-
mities thereof: Athemtm alfo fays, that it takes
away Drunkennel's.
XXII. TheSnllet. The fourth fort eaten raw, be-
ing cho t fmall, and drefs‘d up with Vinegar, Oil,
Salt, an Muilard, llrengthen the Stomach, mule
a good Appetite, preferve from Drunkennefs, and
caufe a good Digeltion. The firil kind, or any of
the tell, being boiled with Meat till they are loft,
then chopt fmall, and drefs’d up with melted But-
ter, Vinegar and Salt, become an admirable Sallet
for fuch as have weak Stomachs, or are oing into
‘a Confumption, have dim Eyrs, are all“ ed with
the Spleen, Flatuleucies orMelancholly,or are trotr
bled with Tremblingsrof the Limbs; or the Paliie.
The Ancient Rama: thought them to be eH‘eE‘tual
againfl all Difmfes of , the Body, whether Inward or
Outward, for which reaion Cheyfppmwrote a whole
Volume of their Virtues, appl mg them to all parts
. of the Body. And that the enate of Rome having
expell’d all the Phylicians out of their Territories
for the f ace oflix hundred Yeats, did for all that
length 0 time, refetve and maintain their health,
againll the wings of all Difeafes, by- the only uii:
ofthefe Plants .1 )1; 1,3.
, , c H A t. CXLIV.-
OffCOLE-FLOWER.
I. v -H E' Newer. ;13 cannot find that. this Plant
was ever known to the Greek; for which
reafon it has no Greek name: or yet that the An-
cient Roman: had an knowledge thereof : but our
Modem Authors . l ltiinilaztin, quMca floride,
Cindi: flerida, Cnulrflpra, Burma: Cjzprie, in Englifh,
Col: Flawerr,and ColleleEf-f-i' ‘ ' -
II. The Kind: It is a'lingular Plant, but is cer-
tainly one of the Kinds of 0718200”: : and that Spe-
cies, which Pliny lib. 19. cap. 8. calls 3’2”?! Pont-
pemna.‘ ', " ‘
. IlLThe De ,
zntajkveral pretty thick Brancher, which arefull of
Fibre: or Stringr, from which, f ring firth‘ divert:
large, Leaves, which are Inge, aft: whitifh green to-
lar; very like to
about the edge: yetfmnller, narrowerfe‘mewhat, and
[heifer aimed than thqfc of Cabbage :‘ 17L the mid]?
of who Lewes, hunting: in the beginning of Au-
twnn, andfometmgr fooner, there rife: up a great
white Head of- whlte bard Flatter: :quer thrujl tn-
'gether, ometmter the; (17qu a M, or 0:47)], pr
yellow: . white color; rhefenemr 011M, or [ rend
mob with ur, 4141 are, Ibmjm ji)!‘ theTa e, the
5”” Lew : f: :0 the Head : in
fcription. II. he: a thin-gay,” ,
Cabbage leaves, [lightly indented .
wortsh Thrfe Hatter: have a ”tech pile-yum” tnjle,
than either Coleworts nr Cahbages of my kind, and
therefore are the mere Valuable a! for Food.
IV. The Placer, They grow in mof’t parts of Eli-
rope, but very plentifully in. England, Scotland and
Ireland, and arelonly noutifhed up in Garden.
V. The Timer. The Calle-Pldwer mull be planted
in April in a Bed of hot Horfe-dung, and covered
with Straw, or the like, to keep it from cold and
holly Mornings ., and having gotten about fix
Leaves, then it isto be removed into the place
where you deiign it [hall grow. The Flower: are
in their Prime in molt of the Summer Months.
VI. The Qualities, Specification, Preparation: and
Virtues, are the fame with Cabbage: and Colmartr,
of which we have already fpoken in Ca . 103. and.
1:3. afo oing, to which you are re erred: only'
on c this ore, That for the Table and Food, this
is much‘ the more excellent and noble Plant. Nara
4M7, That being boiled in Milk, and then eaten
with Sweet freih Butter, and Salt, and Juice of Li:
mons, they have been found to rellore admirably in
umptions. '
, CHAP. CXLV.
‘" OfCOLEWORT Wild.
1. HE Newer. It is called in Greek, Kylie)!
dyad : In Latin, Etched Syl‘aejiri: : and in
Englijh, Wild Colezborr.
IL The Kind:. It is a iingular Plan and the fe-
cond Species of Colewam, being the ild Kind:
Ill. The Defcription. It hit: 12 Root prett thick,
fliread into film: Brdmher, with feveral F! e: 9.15
joining, white, hard, and fmewbat wooth'iffm
and one prtnnpel
er being gut aw
all the other party, the Pam is like to the- Cole-
wherrc: feveral Leann, h
Stalk.- ' e we: are 102:5,er breed, net 711:;
ml I