The Traciical Kitchen Gardiner, 



Greeks cali'd r,dvocrij.(§^-':> and fo T>iofco- 

 rides^ lib. 3. cap. 41. ufcs it. It is (as 

 Mr. Evelyn obferves) dry and warm, 

 and a little fragrant ; being prefs'd be- 

 tween the fingers, is friendly to a weak 

 ftomach, and powerful againft many 

 diftempers. There are three forts of 

 mint that, when the leaves are very 

 young, may be admitted into the fallet, 

 and thofe are the mentha Romana vel 

 fativa, mentha cardiaca^ or heart-mint 5 

 and the mentha crifpa, or curled mint ; 

 to be found in Gerard , J). 6 So. and in 

 'parkinfon, 3 1, 3 2. This is propagated 

 by fliping and parting, as all the reft of 

 this clafs are. 



The draco herba of Gerard, p. 249. 

 Parkinfon, p. 500. is (as our oft-quoted 

 author fets down) of Spani^ extraction, 

 hot and fpicy; the tops, when young 

 and tender, like thofe of rocket, ought 

 never to be omitted in the fallet-com- 

 pofition ; efpecially where there is much 

 lettuce, the coolnefs of which this and 

 the rocket corrects, being a great cor- 

 dial, and friendly to the head and brain, 

 and of other ufes, too many here to 

 name. 



Sage, 



