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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. 11 5 5; Y' .. Englt' tilt-orbit.
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nfing 0.1! of the fide of another, being joined toge-
ther o! the bottom, jhtnewhat like unto the Leave:
of Flower-de-luces, bat jiifil’r, more full of .Rib:,
(ml longer than man ofthent, and fharper pointed.
The Stall: rife: up rant among the Leaves, bearing
' them on it a: itirifet, having at the top diver:
Hnrlrs, out of which come the Flower:; one above
another, a l of them turning and opening thetnfelve:
one way, which are long and gaping, like unto the
I’lorver: of Fox-Glove, a little Archedgoijlhanehing
up in the middle, of afairfeddilh purplefgcolbr, ha-
ving two. white (jot: within the month (the; of, one
an each fide, 77M eof a Lozengefafhton,’ giz. quare,
and long pointed. After the flowerrarepa , round
Head: or Seed VeJel: winery, in wht 1: contain-
eil reddijh fiat Seed, like ttltto the: Seed of Fritillaria,
but thither and fuller. t . 1'
IV. The fetond, or Italian. Corn-Flagkyiglihe unto
the former French hind, init: Root, Leo ,and Flow-
er, without an other dtfet-enee, thair t t the Root
nominate browner, the-Leaf and Stallilof a darli-
er color, and the‘ Flawerr't’ darker aljojin their
eolor, and a little [mallet-J finding out on both hde:
the Stalk. . ‘ . I“ ‘ ’5" ““‘i‘
V. The third, or Turky Cornflag, .exoept that
it i: largefin it: Roots, Leavegattd l‘lowefr, i: like
in all things to the fr]? Corn-Flag 3 the Player: on
this-handing onht on one hde‘ of a 4%”67336"? color,
and being later in the Tearbe ore. theyappentrwiz. af-
ter all the re]? are pall.’3h? Rootisinettrdjto thi:,
a: lainlya: in any of the’other: :, It artflentifttlly
ol 0 enereafer,‘ but ironore tender,j andiefyoble to
abide cor told Winters." 5 fine 9 ,' efflx
VI. The fourth Viol!f e‘ ntone Frena‘nCor-n-
Flag in all refpett':, excepnngonly thatfth flower:
are of a pale red, ool’or, tenditg to whttonkg catn-
nionl called a Blnjhyeolore " 9.“ C- : I
Vii. The ff h dlfh’fxiimtfl'omflbt Ia , except-
ing tbat.the Root: are whiter‘nn'yhe awhile, the
Leader ore grienei', without: Lilieh‘wnnefr or dark-
nefr, o: in the former, aid the [divers are ofa pare
Snow white color. ’
VIII. The fixth dip?” not from atyof the for-
mer, but in the fmallnef: of the Leaves, 51411? and
Flower:, which jland all on one jide, like unto the
French hind, . and of the hone color : and thevRoot if
thi: art it netted more than any of the others.
I . The feventh, or Water Gladiol bar a matted
bttjhy jihroat, Root ; from whence rife uhLeave:
about ‘a fpm long,thiok and hollow, with a Partition
in their middle, like at youfee in the,Cod: sztock-
gilliilowers,‘and the like : their Color is green, and
Tajiefweet,>[o that the are an at: table Food to
Wild Ducks, diving to t e bottom of t e,Water.-, or
they jbioettrne lye home Tardt under Water; w ith
notwithjianding are over-top! 'by 1b; Stalk, which
fpring: II from among I]??? Leaves, and bear:
flower: typo white colon-an larger than, tbgf, (f
Stock-gillillowers .- but in that hollow part to id) is
next to the Stalk, they are of a blewijh color, almojt V
injhape refetnbling the Flower: of the Com-Fla
but not abjblutel like them. They t'tmfiji‘ 0
Leaves, whereofihe two uppermojt are refit, ed to-
ward: the Stalk; the three other being broader, hang
downward: : after the Flower: are pf, round point-
“ V9091: follow, filled wiih red See . . . ,
X. The Plaoen Their Titles, of the chief, gene-
rally (how from whence they liril came : but with
us they are only nurs’dnp in Garden: : they feem
to be Natural to Barbary, where fohn Tradefeant
faw many Acres of Groundovcrfprad With them.
in thofe COUDUIES' wherethey grow Wild, as in
Turkey, Italy, S pom, and France, they grow ianr
dows, and'in Parable Land among Corn z'nndiwe
ha“? great plenty of them .in‘on: Garden: pearnnd
g7 ' ’
hoe
about London, which ferve for their Beauty and
Ornament. The Water Gladiol is found in fome
plots of Weji Friejland, growing in Waters which
have a Gmrelly bottom, and which fcarcely bring
forth any other Plants belides.
XI. The Timer. They Flower from May, to the
end of fane, and fometimes in faly 3 but the B)-
i.‘ja'gline, or Torly, after all the refit, as is above.
31 .
‘XII. The .Qimlitier. They are hot and dry, but
in what Degree Authors have not laid 2 but Galen
Iiiys, they have a power to Dry, 'AttraEi, Walla and
Confume; and that they have a fubtil and dige-
llive Quality. 1 '
XIII. The Preparation. You may have therefrom,
r. A liquid juice of the npfw Root. ' 2. Art Eghnre
of the faint. 3. An Emplaller. 4. A Catapla rn.
s. A Ponder of the Cod: and Seed." ' '
The Virtues.
XIV. The liquid ftciee. If it is drunk with Rod
Port Wine, it is laid to cure the Rupture in Chil<
dren, called Enteroeele, which is when the Guts fall
into the Cods.
XV. The Ellence of the hone. it has the former
Virtues, and being drank Morning and Evening for
fome time, to four or fix ounces in a Glafs of Sher-
ry Wine, it is hid to provoke Lull, and llIengthen
the theera.
XVI. The Eglyler. it is made of the Root
mixed with Fra incenfe and a little Wine: Being
applied, it cafes the Pains of the Gout: it nlfo ‘
draws forth Thorns, Prickles, S linteis, of broken
Bones our of the Fleur, it Digs Marmara, and
Clennfes. ‘ w "'
XVII. The Catoplafttt. It is made of the Roor
bmten up with Mal of Darnel, and Honey, and a
little Lard. It walies and difcull‘os hard Nodes,
lumps of Flefh, and other like hard Tumors. It is
alfo found to be. a cermin and. approved remed
againii fcrophulons Sw'ellings in ”the Throat, vu -
garl called the Kin ’s-Evil.
VIII. The Pan er' of the Gad: and Seed. If it is
drank in Goats, or Allies Milk, to one dram, or
more, Morning and Evening, as alfo in the time of
the Paroxyfm oi‘ the Colick, it eafes the aims of
the Colick: but if it is drunk in Iuniperl ater, it
is much better.
CHAP. CLV;
>OfCOHRN.SVALLET,
’ ”05R,
.,,L;AMBS-LETTI.CE.
l-f . HE Narnt:. It may be called in'Greeh,
Nani”... : In Latin, Latina: Agnino, and
01a: AlbinDodonei : In ‘Engltjh, (hm-Sallet, or
Lambr-Lettiee." . ‘ .
:11. The Kind:.-. It is not a Kin tolthe‘Lettioe,
though called by that name, which I: fu'p ofe- was,
becaufeit is eatenfor atSallet, as‘the Entire is.
And isa fingula’t Plant. by it felt: > ‘3 ' "
III. ThoDefcriprlon- It ha: a Raot‘r'on tog qt"
wanyjinall‘and long-Fibre: ,er when? if”?! ”I
many hender, 'round, “weak. Stalkg‘tfl’llWi "3 "
were upon the ground tobotit‘a not high; if? AW?”
in gdod andfertil ‘groinld g‘othle’nrlfe but 477%! w
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