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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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uGangrencs, Sphacelus, and the lilge, in which cafes
it has been experienced, and found ‘ol'ten help-
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XVIII; The Dillillad Water from the Leaver,
. Sialh:,an.1Root: ihi‘njiired. It has the Virtues of
the fair: and Elfencetbut very much weaker ; yet
Authors fay, it is good for outwatd Wounds or
Sores, whether in the rieihy-or nervous parts of the
Body 'wherefoever -,'as alfo to take away the Fits
of Agnes," and alloy the lhargnefs of the Hu-
mors : but this it the more ehetually'does, if it is
mixed with equal parts of the Liquid Juice or Ef-
fence. ' '
XIX. The Arid Aqueou- Tint‘i'nre. Take Spring
ii’ater, a gallon : Oil ’of i’itriol, or Oil of Sulphur
per Cam anum three oaneer, mix them : then put
into it o the poiider’of the Root, fix oieneer .- dig?
in a gentle‘ Sand heat for a Month, jhalciiig i a
glafr three. or fonr'tinie: 'a day : afterward: being
wellfettled, deennt the clear 'I‘int‘lnre fbr nfe. Gi-
ven inwardly in Wine, or any other pro er Vehi-
cle, it (tops inward bleedings,, and lirengt ens and
reilores the Tone of the Stomach : And mixed with ,
Red Port Wine, it makes a good Lotion to clemf
X, and heal any old Ulcer, or running Sore, an
Etually deilroys the Putridity (if any) therein.
C ‘HfA P. C11; 7‘
are 0 N s 0 mm D Saracens;
I. HE .Nanter. It was unknown to the Greehr,
,I and therefore among them we have no name '
for it; The Latin: call it Canada (from Comb”-
dare, to Soder, Cloi‘e, or Glew gt: ) Con olida Sa- ’
I”
raeeniea, ( bemufe ufed by the than Saracen:
'in healing of Wounds:) Herha‘fom's, from its
thong Smell and Tafte : Alfo Salidago, and Heriia
Vulneraria :‘In Englifh, it is called Saraeenr'Con-
.ll-HIIIII, alfo Saraeen: Wannd-wort.
II. The Kindt. Authors make four Kinds there-
of; viz. r. Solidago Saracenieo vera halide folii's,
Confblida Sarateniea mm, The true Saracens Con-
found,'or Wound-Wort. 2. Solidago vel Conhlida
Saratemta major Lugdanenjx, The greater Saracens
Confbund, or-Wound-Wort. 3. Solidago vel Qin-
jblldzl Saracenica, vel Germaniea Silignofa, Codded
SaracenS, or German Confound,‘ or Wound-Wort.
4. Solidago vel ChafolidaSaraceniea, vel Germanim
altera, Colijhlltld Tertia Tragi, Harlin Vulneraria
Tragi, T raga: his third Saracens Confound,'or fe-
cond German, which he alfo calls Wound Wort:
Thefe Plants the Germanr‘ifnerally call Vulneraria
Turaica, Turkiih Wound ort. ' ' ,
III. The Defcriptions The firll (.whith i: the
True Saracens Confound) ha: :1 Root eonjjiing of
many Fibre: or String, fet together and growing
from a Head, which yerilh not in Winter, hat eon-
tinue, though the Stalk: fade and dye away, withoia
hintinh a: a Leaf a nearing in that Seajon : From
rim Raot’groeee jfueral long and narrow green
Leaver, fmf‘t about the edger, like to thife of the
> Almond or Peach Tree, or Willow Leaves, but not
affueb a whitijb green color: From amid thtft
Leave: rife; up a Stalk or Stalkr, ve hig J, grow-
mghvnetmn to ’aimtm’: height, whim are of a
(ownifb, 0" [WWIW green color, and hollow, ha-
21 g
in green Hendr, which when ihiy are fallen, an!
the Seed I'II’L’ ( which it of ajhniewhiil ,long, jina’l,
andxellowifh eolor, and wrapped-in Dozen j ir tun-
me away Will) the Wini. 'I‘he Root nnJ whale
giant 75 of a jirong and tinflc‘iyiint Swell and
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IV. ,The fecond, or Greater Saracens Conibund,
has a Root (unipofetl of a great Bitjh of white Fibre:
or Threadr, growing very deep and jirongly in the
ground, and fhooting forth firing: on all jitter, whirl)
prodaeenew Plantr, enereanng in alittie time, and
over-running a great quantity ofgrotind. From this
Root f ringr. forth a bead of Leave:, whieh irjoniew
what mum at the firji fhaotin out of the ground,
( and fo alfo it the head of the Root before the
Sgring, ) which i: of a bitter Tajie, and binding
withal : This Plant diferr not ninth from thefoiu
”137‘, and therefore from antidji thir heat! of Leaver,
there rife up upright, hard, round hollow Stalhr, a:
high a: the fhriner, with many dark green Leave:
at the fir fet (a: aforefiid) a! the head of the
Root, which afterward: rfe up with the Stall”, and
are fet there without any order, hintewhat larger
than the otherr, and a little dented altoitt the edger.
The Flower: are ninth greater than thole of the
firji Kind, more in number, and with yellower long
Leaves, Star fafhion, jiantling in green head: many .
together, wherein, after they are pa , is contained
the Seed, which with theDown thereo ,fi’ie: away with
the Wind, in the flint manner a: the former does. ‘
. The third, or Codded Kind, ha: a Root whith
in time grow: to he very great, even to the hignqlr
of a Marl: Arm, and 7717!: very dee am: into the
ground ( a: thzfe who are aeguainteilp with the Plant
well know : ) It i: of a jirong unplealznt Sniell an!
Talie, fharper than Creffes, and very like onto that
of Flixweed, abiding ”my Tenn, he! the Stalin
perijh Annually, [pinging fort]; afrrjh from the
$315,531!) [Mg and narrow green Leave: ( a: before fame Root every Spring. Theft Stalls tho: Annnala
jet thereon“ At the topi- of the Stalk:
N.
Km?” ””71“ P11: F1101” Siar‘like Flozcert, fianding
“fag up, are great, ”and and woody, and’in
eigit equal to‘atgv if the’fornier, or rather ( mi”
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