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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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. tumn is fpent) in-Ozlober, fwell like a
‘ tops of the Stalks and
Werraerd ac, all (in! can be laid for the Name Is,
that when it is boiled and (hell, it has a little like-
ncls in tulle to the bottom of an Hrrrirbakz; but
why it ihould be called frmfulmrwis more to be
admired at, for that it came not out ofoit, or Ext
rope, but from America to us, With whom it grows
'as well and as natural] and hlentifully as ever it
grew in its Original 1 .ttit'e C me.
ill. The Del‘cription. Tbis admirable Plant biz:
at jt'rji but mafmuz’l Tuber”: Root, wbtcbfnlr up
jbmctimr one or moxejiifi round Stalb, w rcl) grow
in our Chantry to be ”gill. or In! F!!! blgb, but
fcartely blow or ihew their Flowers, whems the
Head of Flowers in their Native Countries, (as Co-
110mm ifays) being of a Pyramis or SugarvLoaf fa-
ihion, fprertding broad belowtand growrng fmaller
upwards, almolt to a. point , rs nearly of the fame
length‘, on which are fet large and broad rough,
green Leaves, very like unto the Leaves of? the 51m-
More”, but fmaller , and growing in the very fame
manner round about the Stalks; at the very latter
'end of Summer, or beginning of'Autumn, if the
‘Root is well planted and defended, it will give a
:ihew of a few fmall yellow Flowers at the to 5, like
‘ to the Flowers of Ajitr, or Stanton, an much
fmaller than any Sun-Flatter, which come to no per-
feE‘tion with us, the Root, while the Plant is grow-
ing above Ground, incrmfes not to its litll growth,
,but when the Suinmer is Well f em, and the ,fpring-
ing of the Stalks is pall', which is‘ about the end of
Auguji, or in September, then the Root is perceived
to be increafed 1n the Earth, and will fore Au-
ountain or
'l-lillock round about the feet of the Stalks, and will
not have its Roots ht to be taken up until the Stalks
be half withered at fooneli, but‘ a 'ter they are wi-
thered, and f0 all the Winterrlong, until the Spring
again, they are good and fit to be takenu and ufed,
"which are a number of almoll roundi Tuberous
Roots, growing clofe together, to that it has been
, obferved, that from one Root, being fer in the Spring,
there has been lbrty or more taken up again, and to
‘ have done more than to have filled a Peck Metfure,
which Roots are of a plealErnt good talie, much like
to the bottoms of the Heads of the Common Red
Hartfcboker. V , ‘ "
IV. Another Defcriptim from Gerard. Flor Solis
Pyramzdnli: Jrvo Hart, [indict Tuberth. This
wonderful P ant has growing up from one Root one
fometimes two, three, or more round, green rough,
hairy, linked Stalks, commonly about twelve Fee;
.high, fometimes iixteen Feet, or hi her, as big as a
Childs Arm, full of a white fpongy ith within- the
Leaves grow all along the Stalks , out of older
ofa light green color, rough, iharp pointed, about,
eight Inches broad , and ten or eleven Inches long
deeply notched or indented about the edges very
llke the Leaves of Ho: Solis Penman: , but rt,othing
crumpled, ‘nor fo broad as they, the Stalks divide
themfelves rnto many long Branches, even from the
Roots to their very tops, bearing fmaller Leaves and
fmaller towards the tops of the Plant, making the
Plant appear like a little Tree, narrower and Hen-
, deter towards the top, in faihion of a Steeple oi‘
Pyramid;‘the Flowers with us grow only at the
Brancites, like thoie of the
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Marigold, conhliing orghiitviifiigfgi‘i'ni’gie
(harp.pornted, bright a yellow , bordering Leaves,
gtowrng forth of a fcaly, fmall, hai Head, with :i
fmall yellow thrummy fubllance withrn . there Flow-
,ers, by reafon of their late Flowe ’
monly two or three Weeks afte
laid Hat Solis, but no bi
with us bring their Seed to perfection, and it makes
I
ring, which is com- ,
rillrclmelmzu, never '
a ihew ofabundance of fmall Heads near the tops of
the Stalks and Branches, forth of the bofoms of the
Lewes, which never open and Flower in our Clime,
by rafon they are prevented with the Frofis, which
otherwii'e might pollibly be a noble Sight; the Stalks
fend forth many fmall creeping Roots, by which the
nourilhment is received, which are full of hairy
Threads, even from the upper part of the Earth,
f reading far abroad, among which, from the main
oot, grow forth many Tuberous Roots), cluttering
tolgcther, ,fometimes ihlincd to the. great Root it
l'c f, fometimes growing on long Strings, 3 Foot or
more from the main Root, railing or heaving up the
Earth above them ,' and fometimes appearing above
the Earth, producing from the incrcale of one Root
thir , fourry, or fifty in number, or more, making
in 31 commonl about a Peck, and many times near
half a Buihel, rf theSoil. or Earth be good; thei‘e
T uberous Roots are of a dirty reddilh color without,
and of a felt white fubfbnce within, bunchin’t out
many ways, fometimes as large as a Mans Fil , or
not f0 big, with white protuberances, whence they
will fptout out or grow up again the next Year;
the Stalks are bowed down ,' and fometimes fome
art of ‘them covered over with Earth, and fend
orth fmall creeping thrcndy Roots, and alfo Tuber-
ous Roots, like the former, as by experiencehas
been found; thefe Tuberous Roots will abide and
live in'.the Earth all Winter, tho’v. the Stalks'and
Rootsty‘ which they were nourifhed do abfolutely
rot and perifh away, and will begin ro‘i‘pring-u a-
gain at the beginning of May followrng, fel orn
foonert , .
V. The Plan; It is a native of Brazil, Camdt,‘
and Peru, and lieveral other parts of Amtru‘a, and
now it grows as plentifullywith us in England as in
any of the places where it grew naturally; Mr. Good-
yer Ca 3 that he received two fmall oots of this
Plant om one Franguwrll of London, no bigger than
Hens Egs, the one he gave to a Friend, and the other
he Planted, and it brought him forth a Peck 9f
Roots, wherewith he Rored Hampfbrrz; and now it:
grows in great plenty in many. other parts of, this
Kingdom. 3 r : a . ' ‘
VI. The Timer. It‘ Flowers generally an 0170555
but Seeds not with us, and is Roots are in perfecti-
on all the Winter Months . ,. - .. ‘
Vll. Tb: Qualilin, S cerium”, Preparatmzt,
Virtue: and Ufer, are the ame. with thoii: of Ham-
cboku in Cha . 338. aforelgioing, fave, that whereas
in thel'e the ends of the artichoke were only uf
and men, in thefe the Tuberous Roors‘only are
taken.’ ' >, , If”
VIII. Nair. Th are boiled in ’Watet. till they
are tender, after which they are peeled, fliced, net!
Stewed with Butter, Salt,.Pepper, and a little Rel
Port Wine, by which mains they become an Exc .
lent Dilh, and more pleatint than the bottom ofhatl
Harticbokt; being now very lentrful and cheap, It 9!
may become good Food for oor People, :‘lnd .
Thouihnds from Starving; which might. otherwr c.
perilh. ,, r.’3 .y -‘
HARTSHORN ,‘g-See , BUCKSHQRN,
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