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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 41.31 . Eingtfb Her: I. :
‘ updn‘rbei Ground ,3 at: the tiril coming up; bro‘ad,‘
cutuor gafhr about the edges, ‘crifping or curling
lightly this or that way, like in forne ineafure to the
Leaves-of GardeniEndice, with Stalks, l-‘loweriand
Seeds,i:like the'formergas well in form as yielding
thatmilkyrluice, with’which they doiall abound;
omen: Letiim .ibme are open, with'rery curled
Leaveson a green Color, and fome of a yellow
or ellowiih’gree'niColor. Othetsfare Herded or
Cabbaged; andfometimesrgrowfo-large, even to
,refemble' a fmall Cabbage, oi‘a yellow or yellowiih
green Color. This Lettice is feldom eaten raw,
but is for the molt part boiled like a Czbbage, and
makes indeed thelbeii boiled Saller. :
, XIII. Tbe.te;’zllr,':oij Venice lettice. It i: an ex-
, teller]! Cabbjg'efLettice, ‘and r: by? to be hum a!
the latter and a June, ‘or beginning If July :- it grow
. fmmimer to e z’zeJergeSaHbe Center; a a Man’:
He: : it fife: to almdder'ete Heghtgandltbe Seed '1':
white. ,‘I‘here is;ar';other‘-fort which does a little
Cabbage,‘ and theiSegciiiSiwhiye': and another fort
which doesiior bhugCghutr isylod‘ehthis has ma-
ny great Leaves ,fpre‘t ponthe ground, like unto
there of Grrdetzllfziir'iyfgjbut leliergwit rifes up to
be about three Feet hi hrgvitsiFlowets are yellow-
ifh, which turningiinp. ownjly‘away with the
Wind, and its SeedisrwhiteasSnow. There two
Iali fome 'call inzizlrng‘dlelticer. ’ ‘4‘ r .
XIV. How to gather [be Seed, Illa! it may be goal
Mark out thofe'Plants which : you intend (hall run
up ‘for Seed; which let ‘be the bell ‘and molt flou-
tifhing, .and‘after'theyvhave heguh.to fhoot forth
Stalks, ilrip: away the lower Leaves for two or three
, Hands breadth above the ,Ground -,‘.for thereby, in
taking away the lowell Leaves,‘the: Stalk [hall not
rot, nor the Seed be hindered from ripening. :
XV. Tl): Way and lilarmer‘of Whitening Lettice,
to make'it e'zzt theindr'e tender. :It; is done two
'ways. Thepne is by‘raii'mg‘up‘Earth'like Mole-
Hills round about the Plants, while‘rhey are grow-
- ing, which willmakeahem gtow,white. .The 0-
ther is, by tying up all the looie Leaves round about
together whileit grows ; for f0 tlreclofe-gtowrng
‘ thereof will make it white, and he thereby the more
tender and‘pleafanr. ‘ . . -
XVI. TbeTPlaeet. > The feveral Names tell you
whence they came to us, but here are now nurfed
. up in many.c>f our Gardens. Pallddm; fays, that
Lerner delights to grow in manured, fat, moiil and
dunwed Ground, and in places where there is plenty
. - ofl ater : and Callwlc’bba fays it profpers hell, if it
is fown very thin.. . . . .. , ., .
. XVII. Tbe'Timer. P41141111]: frrys, that his
certain that Letzi'eernay be fown at any time of the
Year, but efpecially at Spring time, and afterwards
till Summer is nigh fpent; and after that again as
foon as Winter is done: :liowever, it ought to‘ be
Town in fair Weather. . . ’ . , . .
‘ XVIII. The Qualitier. Lcm'ee is cold and moiii
vinthe fecond Degree: Anodyne, Digeilive, Emol-
lienr, Relaxivq'and Galeaogenetick. . i
'u”:.-XIX.1'I72e S pecrfcatim. t allays Iniltmmations,
,gives Eafe in the Strangury, induces Sleep, and re- -‘ ,
prelles Bodily’Luil.
::XX..‘Tbe Preparation. ‘You-rnay have‘there-
from, , 1; A. fluttv 2. An Ejeme. ‘3. A21 011 or
, t
0i]!M’1&IIf.. 4.211,;5leydpla III. 5. A ddbllc’ll ”711”)? '-
,5,:.’A.Sallet. '7 : ‘ e,‘SeerI.
, :ntifirtuer. V. .' ..
:. XXI. >112: [in ghee.- 5 Inwardly : taken; iron:
one Spoonful ,tortwo or more,1(according.t‘o.Agd
- andi’othmAccideuts) : it. lareeQ.s‘:Milltf in .Nurfes,
(trenches Thirii, cools the 'Linward Herr'of Peters,
:1 ateslnliamrria‘tions of the Lungs, cools the Heat
of urine, and repreiies Bodily Luli. Mixed with
a little szmbirdiil‘oli'erl in.0il ofBrzr, and .a little
V megar. being alfo added, and applied by anointing
or bathing to thelCods, it cafes Pain, and abates
an inflammation :in thoi‘e Parts, abates Lult and re
relies .Venereal Dreams, which caufe NoElurnal.
oillutions.. . i . , ,
=XXII. THE-heme. It hasall the Virtues of the
Juice, and is rather to he choiEn to be adminiilred
to cold Coniiitutions :, it alfo induces Sleep and
Reii, being taken at Bed-tim'ejn any convenient
Nehicle. . The Eirence, as alfo the former Mixture
of the liquideuice, being'anoiuted or bathed upon
the Reins, cools any burning'Hcat there, and cafes
thePain ofthe Back. ' . 3 .
: XXIII. The Oil or Ointment. I! i: made either,
of the 35m or green Herb, by boiling them in Oil:
Olive, Hag: Lard, 'or Mutton Sim, mixed will) Oil;
Anointed on theForehe'ad and Temples, it elfes the
Head-ach proceeding from arr-hot Caufe, and pro-
cures Sleep and Reli. , Anointed alfo on other I’arts
which are Inllamed, or are full of Pain, it cools the
Part and gives Eafe. ' , , ‘ ,
XXIV. The Cam In ”1.: Applied to the Gout, it
cafes the Pain 5 an mixrwith Cmpbir, and applie
ed to the Region of the Heart, Liver, or Reins, it
reprelles their Heat and Inflammation, comforts and,
iirengthensthofe‘ Parts, and'allays the Heatvof [IA :
tine. Applied .‘toj’the Head ,ina vehement Head-etch,
it' cafes the Pain, and’gives great Relief, cauiing the
Fatienmo reii and-Heep." 4.4.1:" ‘. ‘
l XXV. '172e (Milled Water: ,‘It allays great In:
Hammations, encreai‘es‘. Milk in : Nuri‘es, . quenches
Thirii, abntesxth‘e burning Heat ofFevers, reprell’es
Luil, takes'away NoElurnal Pollutions, and has all
the other Virtues‘oftlre Juice and Eil'ence, but mull
be taken inn much larger quantity,'as from two
Ounces to four or [Exfa little‘dulcihed with double-
refined Sugar.u““ ' - -, ’ "‘x, >
. XXVI. 11?; Seller. .‘The bell is that which is
made of the Cabbage Lertiee, and is generally eaten
raw, with’Vinegar, Salt, Onions, or Pepper, and
good Oil. Qalen'adrtiies Old. Men to ufe it with ,
Spices 5 and wh‘ere'Spices arewa ring, to add Mme,
Rocket, Crejfef, Tarragon; and uch like hot Herbs,
as Correciives thereoil " It .is very grateful to the
Stomach, comforts and itrengthens it, and caul‘es a
good Appetite. SOme make a Sallet of Lettieer by
boiling them : 'fo‘eaten,‘ theytare agreeable enough,
are cooling and grateful to the Stomach, help Dr-
geilion, cleani‘e the Stomach, and loofen the Belly;
land tliis Galen fays he found by Experience iior y
moiiiening the Belly, it becomes the more ilippery.
This boiled Sallet' is faid to he i'ooner digelied, and
to nourifh 'more. It cafes all the griping,r Pains of
the Stomach or,Bell ,which come noanholler.
XXVII. The See)! It is ihid to have all the
Virtues of the Herb, being given in Pouder from a
Dram to a Dram and half, in any proper Vehicle,
Morning ,and Night. . - , . , . .
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