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Full Title
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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.lirongly; fallning its Claws or Roots therein, that it;
draws the;nourilhment,out of the Tree,:;and thereby;
in time kills it,-,by confurning the life andimoil’ture.
thereof, and; by choaking it, with theahhndance of.
liradow ,- and ,humidityjplkjts Leaves'Jand-A'Branches,‘
,which are, ever green” (andyfervesas "an: Ornament
thereto )rhenit is Leuliel‘s; but in the end’i‘sits de-j
llruElion and utter‘ruin),thefe BranchS'having' thus‘
,fallned theml‘elves by; theirQClaws or Roots in. a Tree
-. or :Wall- will live thereby upwards, 2, thoilth‘e'Trunkl
or Body of the Shrub is cutoff from therRoot‘F be-l
:low,'nndv;‘it, will live. ,-as well as if itiWaslnot' cutl
alVJy;tflqmtilS (raid Root atoll, Only; bthhe. fhllning
.of itslittle Claws or Radiekleinto the laid Tree orl
Wallgandj ere‘gtoyving greatthey; xill oftentimes‘
‘fo'crack' in; that it will in, time utterlyiruiri it, as is
,i‘aidbelorefwhile thewPlant is young the Leaves or
f moll olfi‘t‘ will be cornered, butwhen it. grows olde
jit‘hag no, corners onythe lides, but grows only, roundl
o: Ionrewhat long, and pointed at the end, the young:
“Leaves"vtrhich fpring‘forth from fthe Branches keep-t
:ng bllcntlrnes‘, the lathe, order, ‘ and are; of a dark
T’lhin’i'ng green; colonabove, and fomewhatmfa. yel-‘
’ lowilh , green, underneath, llriped' with .white,',andj
" fomet‘imeswith red, .fpotsnabiding ,frelh' and green
,‘Winter and Summer; 1ftorri the jointsofrheStaIks'
‘and ‘toszofjghe Branches; grow, forthiupon ihort,
‘Stalk‘syfnialll m'ollie',yellow.Flowers,‘>llanding' in an.
‘.Ilm'b'el,‘or,clofeiround Tufta after the Flowersaref
, pail l‘malllround Berries come in their places,.which‘
" jare‘gree'n hritilghey: grow ripe, andrthen turn black,'
‘ with‘a’fm‘al point at the'end of each Berry, tin each
of which, are ufuallyg'contained fourSeeds, three-y
fquarein, a manner; but round on the one hde, 'thlsl
Shrub orhulh. ielcls eithe‘tyoluntarilyzor by being‘
I hr'uifed intro: ounrriesakindkof reddilh hard Gum,
‘calledjfrw Kaitlin. Hedge, ngmi, The Gum of Ivy,
' which is [laid by Authors t9,- ‘be'slangetous being in-
wardlyj ,‘ufedin .Phyliclt, ,becaufe fay; they it has ‘a
caulticlttorlburning'lacult i ‘ w . ' . . '
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- f0 ,clofe thereunto,ithat it will bring
Leaver, Hewett, Berries, and manner of growing,
differ .very hide". from the fainter, and is chiefly
diliin'guilhed‘ in‘:.tliefe .things‘,‘1;5z‘. 'th’rt the Leaves
are thinner andhliner, and of a lighter green color,
and that the Berries are of a whitilh or- greyilh co-
lor when they, aretripe,‘ and notvhlack, as the Ber;
ties of the cannons”: are. :5 . I ‘
:i N I. The. third, or l-Barr‘en tIv'y. 1‘; From a woody
jiringy'Raol, a the. former, in fertile farth fevernl
f7ma’er. and woody Branches, trailing upon the Ground,
Md farJhcf (2141(pr 1 ing rlrereon,;5nt fornetitnes
:it ISLfQuhd to wind'iit elf and climb up the Trees,
Bulhesancl Hedges under which'it grows, with the
fmall Tendrels or Claws it moors forth anthefeve-
ral joints of the Branches, where-the Leaves come
forth,‘ being fomewhat leller than the ‘ hrlt Comma
Kind, antlgof. a‘.dark‘ifhiningtgreenscdor, ufually
formed into three corners, and fometimes into (we;
at the Joints with‘th'esLEaVes there thrulis forth’vun-
derneath fmall;,wltire:Fibres,iClaws; or Radienle,
by 'which it takes? hold :as it creeps -,,, this very rarely
has been (ben'to, bear either Seedorflowers. m ..
, VII; The founh, or'tThree,:Leav’drVirginianlvyt
1726313001: .of 1hr": 'Planl do. fhoptizmderiGronnd; and
fend .fmh youngiwoody Stalk:,-;fome,.whereof3-,will
lland upright, others lye down, and2take root-again >
as gthgy fpread, .asealfo on any .Wall :they;llanc1: nigh
unto: like untohunformer Barren.lvy;,the Beaves
arehroad and large,'-.three always .fet togethetmpoh
along footlialk;-t‘.‘at .the'IJoint's ,Wltl‘lwtlle, Leaves
come forth paleVFlowers in aloofeJuftor Clulier,
which turn into pale yellow BerriesTwith ,fmall,
hard, tonnd,: Alh.Ct'>lored Seed in, the dry iWrinkled
Skins or Husks, without any moillurear all .inrrhem ;
this ,Plant yieldsla white Milk, without any italic in
it, . being .broken, in any . part .' thereof; which 1 Milk
after it has lain a while will change to be as black
as Ink, andthe‘reforels Tthoirghtto he a good Mate-
rialtocolor Hairjotpany other thing- Black“, “3; 20
‘1. VIII. Thefflh,‘ or .Five Leav’d ,Virginia ,lvy.
This. Slender, [m v Tall Climbing Virginian Ivy,.hal-
' :1 ‘Root: which JPTERJI' here and Hirer: T‘u‘ndem (he
Ground, but 710‘, v‘e deep, from whence-rife up‘ fe-
veral Stems orLSta ks, nonemucha bigger than a
Mans Thumb,iman lel's,:from .whence lhoot forth
fevernl and many i ong weaktBranches, not able to
Hand upright ‘unlefsi they, be full’ained, yet Lbeing
lanted near uhto a Wall or Pale, or Houfe fide, the
ranches at Everal‘diltances of:- ‘the Leavesiwill
fhoot forth fmall Ihort, Tendrels' or Claws, not twi‘
ning themfelves about an thing, but ending in four;
five; or fix, orymore, f or: and fomewhat broad
ClaVvs, which will filler: like aVHand with Finger;
Spart. of-jhe
Wall, Mottar,’Board,G1afs, Brick, ‘or tone, away
' with it if it is pulledfrorn it; and by thefe Claws
.irzliays it felf,’ and climbs up to the top of the high-
el’tflfree, Wall, Houfe, or Chimney” being . planted
' ' By themz'the Leaves are crumpled; or rather folded
together, at their iirll Coming forth, and very red,
‘ l which afterwards growing forth are vet fair, large,
'5 and green, divided into fourhfive, 1x, or feycn
’ Leaves,v(not;regulartto a certain number) (landing
or growing togethernpon a fmall footllalk, and fer
'wrthout order; on the Branches, at the ends whereof
, as alfo at other placesfometimes,‘ come forth fevera
’ (hort- TuftsofxBudSLfor Flowers, which here in
i = England never come'to that perfeition, as’to open .
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white Berry beiiin‘g‘
t.' i ,, Ivy. This
‘ in, .119 . 13.02%???th 9.644559: Charger; Radicylz,
themfelves andlhewnvhat kind of form they would
heloigmuch lel's, what Berriesor Seed would fol-
low, the ufe of this is chielly to filrnrlh a Garden,
and to bean Ornament to. the place it IS planted in.
. IX. 0: thus, according to Gerard. Thereby”
fir Novelties: znke“;in,dioen,Gardenr a Virginian
Vine, huriwhrp ir'inZIeeanI'IVYa the SIM: WWI
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