New Principles of Gardening. 
S E.G oT, .. XXX. 
Of Wormwood. 
) 1. Its Names. : 
ORMW OOD is called in Greek aibivbsoy, and is named 
of Apuleius Abjinthium rufticum, Country Wormwood, 
or Peafants Wormwood, in Latin ‘tis called Abjmthinm la- 
tifolium five ponticum, and Abjinthium latifolium, broad leaf'd 
Wormwood, to diftinguith it from the Abjnthium tenuifolium 
feu Romanum, or {mall leafd Roman Wormwood, commonly 
‘called Abfinthium Romanum, and in Low Dutch Roomfche al- 
fene. The Italians call Wormwood Affenfo; the Spaniards 
Axenxios, Affenfios, and many of them Donzell ; the Portu- 
guefe Alofna; in High Dutch Weronmut, wermut ; in French 
Aluyne ; and in Engh{o Wormwood. 
And as both the common and Roman Wormwood are very 
plentiful throughout moft, or all Parts of England, theretore 
I need not trouble you with their Defcriptions. 
2. Their Temperatures. 
The common or broad leafd Wormwood is hot in the f{e- 
cond Degree, and dry in the third. 
The {mall leafd or Roman Wormwood is alfo hot and dry, 
and bitter alfo, but nothing near fo much as the other, its 
ereateft Force being in binding. 
3. The Medicinal Virtues. 
Wormwood is very good for a weak Stomach, that is trou- 
bled with Gholer, for it cleanfes through its Bitternefs, and by 
its binding Quality, it ftrengthens and comforts the Stomach. 
‘Tis oftentimes a good Remedy againft a long and lingering 
Ague, efpecially Tertéans, it greatly ftrengthens the Stomach, 
creates an Appetite, and clears away Qbftrudtions, bad Hu- 
mours, ¢re. by Urine. 
The Herb being boiled in Milk, or the Seed given in Trea- 
cle to young Children or older grown People, kills and ex- 
spels Worms out of the Guts. The 
