g8o SalmonV Herbal. Lib. 1. 





Age,t5'f.; Morning and Evening, as ordinary Food 



'iEzB^hB^^iB^ 



i^ersx;s;^--"^^^"°-----« 



z'm'^szi'ts'ci^fS'sz:s~i 





fo) might be both as much deceived in this matter, 





as th^y^that affirmed the Gto>, or Aru^ Msyp- 

 r,;.^, -'which is the OroHm Eddo, in Chap. 241. 



CHAP. DCX. 



aforegoing, never bore Flower, which Co/umna has 





difprov'd.^'ButyW.//fe./«., C4"'p>»us, Label, Do- 

 domus, miColumna, do alliay, that this CvZ-^raT 

 or J.ncus efcukntus: has both Stalk, Flowers and 



Of SAFFRON Garden. 





Seed, and do give the Figure thereof, in all their 



■ 1 hafaran7ni zlffaranf in Grfefkiu 

 '" ,Vi?f' P:^'^" 3"^ i" ^"S''A Saffron^ 

 thi^Van^tf^etll°Sv™S|r 

 of the four following firts, v,z. i. CrcJulr 



iiiiil 



VII. T/;. Tmes. As to the Sealons of its Flow- 

 ering or Seeding, Authors have obferved nothing: 



|;ji.;'i'^"::;,r~"s: 



but the Roots are taken up for eating, a little be- 





fore W.:tcr, at which time they are then faid 





to be come ro their perfeaion. 

 Vlil. The Qualities. They are Temperate in 



7he Defer if tion. 



refpea to aeat or coldnefs, drynefs or moifture. 





Abfterfive, Aperitive, Peaoral, Analeptick, and 



Green on ;>, covered mth a grayifh.cr Aih colore 



Saffron Garden ^lowering. 



%l°Crim "or MM. ^T ASetmort \atu,ltj 







J l\'^^»XVI^^^ 



-The Virtues. 



^wj^wl^p 



XL Tije Raw, or Rafted, or Boded Roots. They 



^^NT^Ptl Fw 1/ JI 



are eaten as you'eatC^^;.«rx-, and fo eaten with a 





Soife Wir ''l^^'""'^'- ^^'^'^"^ °' ^'"' °'^'' 





good^galnft ConftiiSpt-ions ^and^s°faid"by fome 



\« ilf liB' 



Authors to incite to fenery,'beins eaten for fome 

 confiderable time. They abfotb Acidities, and 



^L m If 



S.;?£TLl,?JVF£efTfc 







^ti'!£?S$.?;-t^l^i=L 







rif"i^sSfwi;.'=i^X^rofs': 



v^pBBiFf} If 



and fo made and taken with fotne Generous Wine, 





it more powerfully excites to Venerial aaions : In 





a word, It has all the Virtues of the Simpk Roots 









ISS 



^^V^^^^ 







of theS;^/.Rj and £/*/>;. or C/..«, and may 

 te taken f(om half a Pint to a Pint, (according to 



^wfffi^r ^^ 



