108 New Principles of Gardening. 
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Of Balm. 
1. Its Names. 
ALM is called in Greek percoeQuarw, of Pliny Melittis ; 
in Latin Meliffa“Apiaftrum and Citrago, of fome Mel;/- 
fophyllonand Meliphyllon, in Dutch Conjfille de greyn, in Italian 
Cedronella and Arantiata, in Spanifh Forongil, in French Pou- 
cyrade ou Meliffe ; and in Englifh Bawme or Balm. 
2. The Defcription. 
The common Balm, called in Latin Meliffa, is very well 
known to moft People, being valued by many for its fragrant 
Smell, which is not much unlike that of the Citron: But 
befides the common Balm, there is another Kind much more 
valuable called Melef/a Turcica, the Turky Balm, whofe Leaves 
are of a more acute Form and more indented, producing {mall 
Clufters of purple Flowers. The Root is fmall,. and dies at 
the very firft approach of Winter, ‘tis propagated by Seed fown 
in April or May, and loves a rich Soil. 
3. Their Temperature. 
Balm is hot and dry in the fecond Degree, according to 
Avicen. | 
4. The Medicinal Virtues. 
Balm being infufed in Wine, and that drank, comforts the 
Heart, drives away Melancholy, and is good againft the Bitings 
of venomous Beatts. 
Serapio affirms it to be comfortable to a moift and cold Sto- 
mach, to ftir up Concodtion, to open the Brain and drive Sor- 
row and Care away. 
Avicen, on the Infirmities of the Heart, affirms that Balm 
makes the Heart merry and joyful, and ftrengthens the vital 
Spirits, which 1 {uppofe good Wine will do alone alfo. 
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