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Salmon' J* HerhaL 



Lib. 1 



ofthe Mother, Cbolick 

 Reins, and generally 'ti 

 vulfions. Sciatica's and 

 lower Parts of the Bodi 



1 effeaual againft Fits 

 Pains of the Back and 

 i againft Cramps, Con- 



CHAP. XXXIX. 

 Of Sea or Marfli ASPARAGUS. 



r. 'Tp HE Names. It is caUed in Greek, 'A^^f?>©- 



1 M^,, : in Latin, by ^;;^«;7/.r;and Taber- 

 montanus, Afparagm Faluftris: and Afparagm ma- 

 rmus, by Clufius and Camerarius : by Bauhinm, Pe- 

 fia, zndLobe/, Afparagm maritimus : in Englijh, Sea, 



iV The Places. It is found to grow 

 llies 'of Tidnam, near Chepjlow, and 

 fiJ-ltrwheSlhe'-Po^^^^ 

 Sho(,ts or Heads, and fell them in the 

 Bnliol, much cheaper than our Garden J 

 in London. Mr Ray fays he^ha^s found i 



M^rE 



C^L;i'"inThe ileSows^iffa^"'^ "°^ ^^- ^'°'" 

 colnjhire : At a place called Badmor-Iading not far 

 from Harwich, and at Moulton in ifc/Zwi/,' which is 

 alfo a part of Lwfo/»/Z>/>^. 



V. TAf T/>«fx. The Tender Shoots fpring up in 

 March and April, ^t what times they are gathered 

 and Eaten ; they Flower in June and July, and the 



VI. The ff'^l^s. It is, as to its firft auaUties, 

 temperate : Mr. Ray fays, that the Roots are Diu- 

 retick, and Lithontriptick, and are one ofthe five 

 opening Roots : They are appropriated to the Liver, 

 Spleen, Reins, Womb and Joints. 



VII. The Specijication. The Roots are peculiar 

 againft the Yellow Jaundice, Stone or Gravel in the 

 Reins and Bladder, as alfo the Sciatica and Gout. 



VIII. The Preparations. You may have therefrom, 

 1. The tender Sprouts or Heads. 2. A DecoSion of 

 the Roots in Wine. 3. A Juice from the fame. 

 4. An EJfence of the Roots. 5. A Syrup of the fame. 



The Virtues. 



IX. The Virtues ofthe Roots and Seed, and even 

 with thofe ofthe Manured or GardenVfo that we 

 need not here be particular in explicating the Vir- 

 tues and Ufes of the afore enumerated Prepara- 



CHAP. XL. 

 0/WiId ASPARAGUS. 



. '-p HE Names. It is called in Greek, 'A^m'ocv©- 



w, Afplragul Syl^ftrh: hTingli/h, Wild Afpara- 



II. The Kinds. There are two principal Kinds, 

 . Myacanthinus Galeni, Afparagus Sylveflris foliis 

 cutis : Gefner, Dodonarus, Camerarius, and others, 

 all it fimply Afparagus Sylveflris : Cordus, Lobe/, 

 Mgdunenfis, and others, Corruda : Bauhinus and 

 ^arkinfon, Afparagusjoliis acutkj, and is thought 

 and Diofcch 



I \s^aSus, 

 ■■s Sylveftns, 



orruda altera : by Dodoneus, 



Afparagi 



hinus, Afparagus aculeatus alter, tribus aut quatuor 



m Th^Defcriptions. ' The firft. Wild Afpara- 



many Strings and Fibres depending from it, thicker 

 and Jhorter than any ofthe other Kinds ; from 

 whence rifes up three or four Stalks, which are fhor- 

 ter,ftronger, and tougher than the others, diver fly 

 fpread and branched into many Wings, on which are 

 fet at feveral dijiances, manyfmall, fhort, hard, and 

 fljarp pointed Leaves, five or fix funding at a Joint- 

 together : At thefe Joints hkewife, with the Leaves, 

 come forth the flowers, many, fet upon a long Stalk, 



}melling oi fwelt oi TuSvio/et; after which 

 come fm/i Berries, green at the firft, and ofablack- 



