1 08 Salmon/ 
°J Blew-bottles , with their Cups, iu many ax you 
pleaje :• bru j'e them , and macerate them in a fujfi- 
cient quantity of Snow-water , /or 24 Hours , or ro- 
-ther two Days -, //;£vz Dijiill in a gentle B. M. or 
Sand heat. It is faid to be a wonderful Water for 
■the Eyes, and their Difeafes, as Inflammations, Sore- 
nefs, Dimnefs of Sight, and the like : it has the 
Virtues of the former, but not altogether fo power- 
ful. Drop it into the Eyes 3, 4, 5 or 6 times a 
■day. 
XV. The Spirituous Tiritfurc of tlye Flowers. 
Made with Common Brandy, it is a lecret for cu- 
ring Sore and Running Eyes, if fome few times 
dropt into them. It is Alexipharmick, and has all 
the Virtues of the Effence. Dofe half a Spoonful 
•in any proper Vehicle. 
XVI. The Catap/afm of the Flowers. Being ap- 
plied to Sore and Running Eyes, affli&ed with a 
hot Rheum, it Itrengthens the* Part, cools the In- 
flammation, repreffes the flux of Humors, and heals 
the Eves. 
■XVlI. The Liquid Juice. It is very effectual to 
heal all Sores and Ulcers of the Mouth •, and put 
into frefh or green Wounds, it conglutinates their 
Lips, and quickly heals them : And dropt into the 
Eyes, it takes away their Heat, Inflammation, and 
Pain. 
XVIII. The Di f illed Water of the Herb. It has 
the fame properties with the Juice, and Effence, but 
not altogether fo powerful. 
CHAP. LXXIX. 
BLEW - BOTTLE Double-flowred. 
I. nr 'HE Karnes. They are called in Latin, Cya- 
JL nus multiflorus : and in Englijh , Double- 
flowred Blew-bottle , or Corn-flower , 
Herbal. Lib. 1. 
II. The Kinds. They are of the Jefler Kind of 
Blew-bottle, and are twofold, 1. CyJ/nus ctruleus 
multiflorus , Double Blew-flowred Blew-bottle, or 
Corn-flower. 2. Cyanus purpureus multiflorus 
Double Corn-flower Purple-flowred. 3. To thefe 
we add, Cyanus floridus Turcicus , Cyanus floridus 
odoratus Turcicus , Cyanus Orient alts, which is alfo 
Major and Minor. The Turky Blew-bottle : The 
Turky Sweet-fcented Blew-bottle, and the Sultan’s 
Flower, becaule the Grand Senior efpying it as he 
was walking abroad, liked it, and wore it himfelf 
for which reafon his Vaffals held it in great efteem : 
of this there is a Greater and a Defer. 
III. The Defcription. The fir ft of thefe differs 
not at all from the final l Field Corn-flower in the 
former Chapter , neither in the Roots , Stalks , Leaves 
nor Seeds, but only in the Flowers , for that the Flow- 
ers of this Riant, are of a fair Blew color , and very 
double , whereas the other are fingle. 
IV. The Second of thefe is alfo like unto the for- 
mer in all refpetts,fiving in the color of the flower • 
for whereas that is double , and oj a fair blew • the 
flowers of this are alfo double , and of a bright pur- 
ple color. 
V. The Third is a Riant or Flower of much beau- 
ty : It has a Root like the other Blew-bottles , which 
perifhes every Tear -, the Leaves hereof are not much 
greener , but larger, and more gajhed in on the edges ■, 
the Stalks are three feet high at leaft , and lower 
than in the other , befet with the like Leaves , but 
fmaller , and branching into feveral parts, each of 
them bearing a larger fcaly head than the former , 
arid biger in the Greater of this kind, than in the 
Lefler, with Blew-bottle like flowers, but larger, and 
confifiing of eight or nine hollow Leaves, with wider 
open brims, and fmall, pale or almofi white threads 
in the middle -, the circling Leaves are of a fine 
beautiful purple color, very glorious to behold. This 
Flower is of fo exceeding a Jweet feent, that it fur- 
pajjes ( fays Parkinfon ) the be /? Civet that is. The 
Seed is blackifh, and enclofed in a Downy fubftance 
like the former. 
VI. The T laces. The two firft are often found in 
Corn 
