2 6 Salmon j 
greater than the Garden kind, and fomewhat Redijh 
at the Joynts , from whence the . Leaves by a targe 
Loot-Stalk rife , txthofe lower part feems to enclofe 
the whole Joynt , and to be of a redijh Color alfo 
the Leaves are of as deep a green Color as thoje of 
the Garden fort : from this Stalk alfo rifes up feve- 
ral long Branches , coming forth of an Husk or Cafe , 
not much unlike the common Garden Barf nip •, at the 
top of which Branches come forth Tufts or Umbles of 
white Flowers , very like to thofe of the Garden kind: 
After the Flowers come the Seed , broader , longer , 
thicker , and of a much darker Color than the Garden 
Angelica : and the fmell of the Plan\ is much like 
the fame. 
IV. The Places. It grows naturally in England, * 
in moift and watery Ditches and Places, from whence 
it took its Name ^ and in particular in the Marfli- 
Ditches by Re dr iff. 
V. The Times. It Flowers alfo in July and Ali- 
gn ft, and its Seed is ripe not long after: but its 
Root is in its prime in March and April. 
VI. The Vitalities. It is hot and dry in the 
fecond Degree: is Inciding , Attenuating, Aperi- 
tive, Digeftive, Difcuffive, Attractive and A biter- 
five : it is Cephalick, Stomatick, Cardiack, Uterine 
and Vulnerary. 
VII. The Specif cation. It is a thing peculiar 
againft the Scurvy in a cold habit of Body, and one 
of the greateft Vulneraries among Vegetables. 
VIII. The Preparations. The Shops keep no- 
thing hereof, yet you may make .therefrom, i. An 
Effence. 2. A Liquid Juyce. 5. A Decoction in 
Wine and Water. 4. A Saline Ti n Jure. 5. A 
Diet Drink. 6 . A Cataplafm. 7. ABalfim. 8 . 
A Cerote or Emplajier. 
Tie Virtues. 
IX. The Effence. Setting Scurvy -Grafs afide, I 
can fpeak by lingular Experience, that I know no- 
thing among Vegetables fo effectual for the curing 
of the Scurvey in a cold habit of Body: and as 
a Vulnerary , I have ufed it I believe above an Hun- 
Herbal. Lib. L 
dred times, with I'uch a fucceis as is admirable. 
Again in Difeafes of the Womb, I know this to 
be more prevalent than the Garden , in cleanfing it, 
inrepreffing the Vapors, and helping fits of the 
Mother. 1 remember 1 once gave this to a Woman, 
who had a kind of a ftoney hardnefs in the Womb, 
With a 1 umor as big as a fmall Oftrtches Egg, which 
almoft continually bled, with very great pain, bat 
not continual: This fome Phyficians and Chirurgians 
determined to be a Cancer of 'the Womb, and fo un- 
curable: it was dubious what to fay, and the 
Diieale feerned difficult to cure, if at all Curable: 
however I advifed her to the Plentiful ule of it tor 
fome time: She took iv. ounces of it, morning, 
neon and night, ancj continued it for fix Weeks’ 
at the end of which time file- became perftftly well’ 
and by the ufe thereof; (he voided great quantities 
of hard clotted Blood 
X. T be Liquid Juice. Either alone, or with a 
little Nitre ditTolved in it, it is an excellent Errhine 
to be fnuft't Blood-warm up the Noftrills, till it 
comes out of the Mouth : it purges the Head and 
Brain of much cold, flegmatick Humors, taking a- 
way fleepinefs and heavinels of the head. 
XI. The DecrUton in Wine uni Water. It is an 
excellent Hyfterick and Vulnerary, and may be of 
good ufe to fitch, who cannot be obliged to take either 
the Juyce or Effence. Dofeviij. ounces twice a day. 
XII. The Saline Tinlhtre. It is an excellent 
thing in a Scorbute, where the whole Mafs of Blood 
is tainted, and the Patient breaks forth into Botches 
Boyls, Scabs, Leprofy, ©V. depurates the Humors’ 
and carries off their Faculencies effectually by Urine! 
Dofe from j. dram to ij. 
XIII. The Diet Dunk. Tho this is chiefly in- 
tended for Wounded People, and fuch as have in- 
veterate and running Sores, Ulcers, and Filtula’s - 
yet ir is of as great fervice lor fuch as are afflifted 
with the Scurvy, have an obftruffion, pain or tu- 
mor of tlie Spleen, or any grand dHafte&ion of the 
Womb. It is drunk daily Spring and Fall as ordi- 
nary Drink : and at any other ieafons when necef- 
fity requires it. It is alfo found by experience to be 
good againft Hypochondriack Melancholy. 
XIV. The Cafaplafm. It is ufed againft a cold 
Gout, to difeufs tumors, eafe pains, and abfterge 
filthy running Sores and Ulcers. 
XV. The Ba/fam. It cures fimple Wounds 
(which are without fra&ure of the Bone or Con! 
tufion) by the firft intention : It alfo cleanfes foul 
Ulcers, incarnates and heals them. 
XVI. The Cerote or Emp/ajier. It has an at- 
traftive force, incarnates and heals ; eafes pain, and 
■ftrengthens the part it is applyedto. 
CHAP. XVIII. 
Of A N I S E. 
I- h T'HE Names. It is called in Greek ’AuVsrJ 
X In Latin, Anifum-. And in Engcljh, Anife. 
I am apt to believe ir is called ’A vim quia habet folia 
incequalia , vel quia eft fine ctqitali , there being 
no Plant equal to it in goodnefs. It is alfo called 
in Greet, ‘A/narm, Anicetum , quaft , invittum , be- 
caufe it leems to be invincible , or not to be truer, 
come , which, I fuppofe, is in reipeft to its extraor- 
dinary Tafte and Smell, which overcomes the Tafte 
and Smells of all other Vegetables in the World. 
II. The Kinds. It is two-fold, i. The Common 
of which we tall Treat ia this Chapter. 2. the 
Starry 
