Salmon. iSy 
9. Virtues and ufes. 10. A compleat 
Jlorilegium of all the choice flowers culti- 
vated by our florifts, interfperfed through 
the work, in their proper places, v/here 
*^ you have thpir culture, choice, increafe,, 
and way of management, as well forpro- 
fit as delegation, adorned with exquiflte 
icons, or figures of the moft confiderable 
" fpecies. By JVilUajn Salmon, M. D/* 
London^ fol . 2 vol. 171 1. 
The order of Sal?v^on's book is alphabe-- 
tical, and, as it is a work of mere compila- 
tion, he profeffes to have confulted all the 
botanical authors of repute, and enumerates, 
the names of fuch. His defign v^^as to trea| 
on medicinal herbs principally. As a bo- 
tanical w"ork it is beneath all criticifm ; the; 
errors ia this way being enormous, both iq 
multitude and degree. In detailing the 
powers of fimples, he follows the Galenic 
terms of expreffion ufed by the writers of 
the preceding century, and diilributes, with 
a lavifh hand, extraordinary and numerous 
powers to almofi: every herb he defcribes* 
Exclufive of his induftry, fome merit is due 
to Salmon for the regular arrangement of 
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