27 2 Salmon ’ s Herbal. 
Lib. I. 
XXX. The Specification. They have been found 
bv Experience to be good againft Coughs, Afthma’s 
and Colicks. 
XXXI. The Preparations. The Root is only in 
Hie, and therefrom you may have, i. A liquid 
juice. ?. A Lohoch. 3. An EJJence. 4. An Oint- 
ment or Balfam. 5. A Cat aplafm. 6 . A Mix- 
ture. 
The Virtues. 
XXXII. The liquid juice. Taken to 2, 3 or 4 
ounces, or more, according to Age and Strength^ it 
caufes Vomiting, and very much cleanles the Sto- 
mach by that means, caufing a good Appetite and 
Digeftion. It may be mixed with White Wine, 
and taken in the Mornbig failing, and fo it is good 
againft the Colick. 
XXXIII. The Lohoch. It is made of the Juice, 
mixt with half its weight of Honey. It is good a- 
gainft Coughs, Colds, Hoarfenefs, Wheezings, fhort- 
nels of Breath and difficulty of Breathing. Dole 
1 fpoonful at a time, twice or thrice a day : or it 
may be often taken with a Liquorice Stick. 
XXXIV. The EJJence. It wonderfully cleanfes, 
dries and heals : it conglutinates or glews ihe 
Mouths of great Wounds together, yea, lncifions of 
the Veins, Arteries, Nerves and Tendons •, the 
Wound being walhed therewith, and Lint dipt 
therein, being bound thereon. 
XXXV. The Balfam or Ointment. It is Angular 
againft Burnings or Scaldings, whether with Fire, 
Water, Oil, Gun-powder, Pitch, &c. It cleanfes 
old Ulcers, dries and heals them : and being appli- 
ed to green Wounds, it confolidates or joins their 
Lips together, and quickly heals them. It alfo 
draws forth Pricks, Thorns, Splinters or other like 
things gotten into the Flefh. 
XXXVI. The Cataplafm. If it is beaten and 
made up with Honey, and applied Emplafter-wife, 
it is cleinfing and attractive, cures Burnings and 
Scaldings, and conglutinates Sinews which are cut 
afunder : and fo applied to Strains or Wrenches of 
the Wrifts or Ankles, or Joints pained with the 
Gout, it gives Relief. If to the Cataplafm Meal 
or Flower of Darnel is added, it becomes very at- 
tractive, and draws forth Thorns, Splinters, tf?c. out 
of the Flefh •, and applied upon Sun-burnings and 
Morphew, it takes them away. The Root made 
into a Cataplafm with Hogs-Lard and Rye-Bread, 
it haltens the Suppuration of Apoftems, even of 
thole which are not eafily ripenned. 
XXXVII. The Mixture. It is made of the Juice 
mixt with an equal quantity of White Wine Vine- 
gar, and an eighth part of Nettle Seed in pouder. 
It is good to remove Defcedations of the Skin, as 
Scurff, Morphew, Tanning, Yellownefs, Brownnefs, 
Pimples, Freckles, Lentils, Tettars, Ringworms, 
and other like AffeCfs molefting the fame. 
CHAP. CXC. 
(^DAFFODIL broad-leav’d fingle, 
many-flowred. 
I.'T' H E Names. It is called in Greek, 
8 irr&Tvyvhh.®' m\va.v^n( cL-ttk SV : in Latin , Nar- 
c iff its loti joints Polyanthus fore Jimphci : in Englijh , 
Daffodil broad-leav’d many-flowred fingle. 
II. The Kinds. There are about fifteen kinds of 
thefe many-flowred fingle, viz. 1 . Narciffus Afri - 
canus aureus major , Daffodil the greater yellow 
African. 2. Narciffus Africanus aureus minor , Daf- 
fodil the lefler yellow African. 3. Narciffus By- 
zantinus tot us luteus , The yellow T urkey Daffodil. 
4. Narciffus fulphureus major , The greater Limon- 
color’d Daffodil. 5. Narciffus fulphureus minor , 
The lefler Limon-color’d Daffodil. 6 . Narciffus 
tot us albus polyanthos , The many flowred Milk- 
white Daffodil. 7. Narciffus latifolius totus albus , 
mediocri calice reflex us. The Milk-white Daffodil 
with the great Cup. 8. Narciffus Narbonenfts me- 
dio luteus pracox , The early Narbone Daffodil. 9. 
Narciffus Narbonenfts vulgaris , The common French 
Daffodil. 1 o. Narciffus Narbonenfts major flore am- 
plo. The Narbone Daffodil with great Flowers. 11. 
Narciffus Pifanus, The Italian Daffodil. 12. Nar- 
ciffus medio croceus polyanthos. The French Daffodil 
with Saffron-color’d Cups. 13. Narciffus medio 
croceus alter. The other Saffron-color’d Daffodil. 
14. Narciffus Anglicus polyanthos. The great Eng- 
lifh Daffodil. 15. Narciffus Narbonenfls medio lu- 
teus ferotinus major & minor , The late-flowering 
Narbone Daffodil, greater and lefler. 
III. The Defcriptions. The flrfl, or Great yel- 
low African, ( a noble and ftately Flower ) has a great 
bulbous Root, covered with a blackifh Skin ■, from 
whence fpring many very long and broad Leaves, of 
a better green than many others, in the midff of which 
comes up a Stalk, not rifling fo high as the Leaves > 
bearing at the top, out of a skinny Husk, many fair, 
goodly and large Flowers, ten or twelve in number, if 
the Root is well grown , and it grows in a warm 
place, each Flower being larger than any of the French, 
Spanifh or Turkey Daffodils, which bear many fingle 
Flowers on a Stalk ( this coming near to the large- 
nefs of our Englifh Daffodil ( in chap. 189. fe£L 18.) 
before deferibed, or the French deferibed at fed. 1 2. 
following, which indeed is alfo a kind of our Englifh 
at fed. 1 6. of this chap, but bearing more Flowers : ) 
Thefe Flowers are of a fair fhining color, having 
large, found and open Cups or Bowls , yellower than 
the 
