52 



Salmons Herhal. Lib. I. 



in fomwhat long ani fquare pointed Husks or 

 , which Seed is very fmall and Blackijh. 



IV. The IdTer Kind, has a Root which conftfts of 



much, but increafing intofundry He ads ^ from whence 

 fpring forth many frnooth green Leaves, narrower, 

 Jhorter, and frejher than the former, (Gerard>yj, 



Leaves rifes up a Stalk, which fcarcely attains to be a 

 ^GeS' ^'^''7/7^^^ fmall Laves thereon, 

 thereon;) towards the top whereof, in a f piked Head 



England, as well as in other places beyond Sea in 

 MarfhandWet Grounds: the M\ ns2iT Lancalier, 

 in the Moorifh Grounds there, as alfo near unto 

 Mandfley, and Marton, two Villages not &r from 

 thence- as alfo at the Foot of Bagfhot Hill in the 

 Weft of England, nearjo^a^Wla|e^of the^fame 



irom'the River fide there, and in many other places, 

 mxheVit^oi England. _ 



VI. The Times. They Rower m May, June, 

 liter the Flowers are gon : molt of their Leaves re- 

 cold and hard weather. , , . , 



VII. The ^taltties. They are hot and dry m the 

 fecoHd Degree i Inciding, Attenuating, Aperitive, 

 Abfterfive and Diuretick : Dedicated to the Lungs, 

 Reins, Womb, and Joynts. 



Cauplafm!'' 8. ^A talmTS^Jf ^ ^'^'^' 



Afphodels,x 



have made leverai rryaiis or tnem, and have found 

 the DecoSwn to open obftruft ons of the T imo-c nl^j 

 provoke Urine. With the Juice givefl i? Ses 

 for fome days in V^Thite Wine, I once provoked the 



cuffive and refolutive, and good againft the GouT 



e Saline Tinilure provokes Urine, and clears the 



ins and Urinary PalTages of Sand, ' Gravel Slime 



and Tartarous Matter, given to ij. drams in White 



but this laft, (as it is the eafieft maderiTve ofKn- 





:t with good Succfs. 



CHAP. XXXVIII. 

 Of Garden ASPARAGUS. 



THe Names. It is called in Arabick, i 

 & Helion : Jn Greek, 'k^^e^y,,,^'A,f, 



itZS. 



''us^& 'a/urda: In Englijh , A 



■'ss. 



^TheP/-/v4.-' 



bveralSpeciesof tl 

 2. The Wild Kim 

 I osMarJh. a. T 



i._Afparagus Sativus yel hortenfis vulgatior, 

 .v^ Minor, The Common Garden Afparagus, or 

 LeiTer Kind. 2. Afparagus Satwus, vel hortenfis 

 The Greater G^A-i/ra Kind. 

 TlieDefcriptions. The fir ft or Smaller Kind, 

 has very many Roots, difperfed from a Spongie head, 

 which are long, thick, foft andfpongieHrings. hang- 

 by it greatly encreafes .-from this Root there rife: 

 Sprouts, thick, tender, very foft and Brittle,^ cf the 

 ■ivingat top a certain Jcaly foft Bud, which 



green Stalks, bigger or lejjer as the Roots are in 



Growth , and growing to be three or four Feet high 



more (as the Ground is ingoodnefs) wbichStalks 



fet many little green Leaves, like Fennd, but Jhor- 



Joynts 'thereof, 7ome forth , fmall M^fie', yellowifi 

 Flowers, Which yield a Fruit or Berries, green at 

 firft, afterwards red as Coral, of the bignefs of a 

 " V7 j wherein U contained grofs blaekijh Seed, 



