Chap. 323. 'Englijh Herbs. 433 
woolly Leaf of this Plant refembles Gnaphalium 
vulgar c , but that it is fomewhat broader in the mid- 
dle. The Flowers grow cluttering together upon 
the tops of the Branches, of a yellow color, and al- 
mott like thofe of Maudlin, as aforefaid. 
VI. Note 1 ■ Thefe Plants are known alfo by the 
Name of Golden flower Gentle ; and by reafon of 
the long continuance of its Flower in Perfe&ion, 
they are alfo called ( but more efpecially the firft 
and fecond, ) Tel low Ever la fling, and Flower Ever- 
la fling, alfo Flower Never-fading , becaufe it fcarce- 
ly feems to die. 
VII. Note 2. Johnfon upon Gerard has another 
fort of our fecond kind, having a long /lender Root, 
very full of fmall Fibres : from the Head of which 
Root fpring forth three, four , or more Stalks, a Foot 
or more in Height, which are all of them (almofl up 
to the tops ) very well replenifhed with long, white, 
downy Leaves, like the former, faving that they are 
fomewhat broader. The Flowers are longer, but in 
larger Umbles , every ways greater, and feem to be 
of a more fhining Gold color. Thefe Flowers being 
gathered alfo in their Beauty and rerfeUion, will be 
of cis long Continuance, and carry their Glory to as 
late a Date as thofe at Sett. 4. aforegoing. Whether 
this be any differing Species from that fecond kind 
aforementioned, I can hardly determine, they being 
fo very much like one another, and feem to me to 
differ chietty in their Magnitude, which may proba- 
bly be from the differing Goodnefs of the Soil in 
which they may be found growing ^ which felf-fame 
Difference (from the fame Reafon) may be obfer- 
ved in many other Plants, which Authors will never 
admit to be various Species or Kinds of the fame 
Plant. 
VIII. The Places. They grow in moft untilled 
places of Greece, Spain and Italy •, in Meadows 
where the Soil is barren ^ as alfo about the Banks 
of Rivers. The- firft grows not only in Greece and 
Italy, but alfo in leveral places of Germany, in moift’ 
fandy Borders of unmanured Fields, as Tragus fays 
They are all Strangers in England, and only grow 
with us in Gardens, being nurtt up by the Curious. 
The fecond and fourth grow in . Candy and Spain. 
The third Clufius found in Spain and Portugal, and 
Label about Montpelier in France. 
IX. The Times. Tho’ thefe Plants in their native 
Countries may flower earlier than in our colder 
Climes, as in April or May -, with us in our Gar- 
dens they flower much later, viz. not till July and 
Augufl, and fometimes later ftill. 
X. Tfje Qualities. They are hot and dry in the 
latter end of the fecond Degree, or beginning of the 
third ^ are both Aperitive and Aftringent $ Pe&oral, 
Hyfterick and, Nephritick, and alfo Alexiphar- 
mick. 
XI. The Specification. They provoke the Terms, 
and force away the After-birth •, refift Poyfon, and 
prevail againft Convulfions. 
XII. The Preparations. You may have there- 
from, 1. The Herb it felf 2. A DecoSion of the 
Herb and Flowers in Wine. 3. A Ponder of the 
dried Flowers. 4. A Bath of the Herb and Flowers. 
The Virtues. 
XIII. The Herb it felf. It is ufed to be laid in 
Chefts and Wardrobes, to preferve Garments from 
Moths and Worms. 
XIV. The DecoSion 0 f the Herb and Flowers in 
Wine. Being drunk to ffx or eight Ounces once or 
twice a day, it is faid to expel all forts of Poyfons, 
help Cramps, Convulfions and Ruptures, diffolve 
congealed Blood in the Thorax and Bowels , pro- 
voke the Terms in Women, and expel the After- 
birth. 
XV. The Pouder of the Flowers. It may be given 
to two Drams in any convenient Vehicle, as in the 
Tin&ure of Catechu made in Water, or in Red Port 
Wine, or in a Mixture of Wine and Water. This 
being taken firft in the Morning faffing, and laft at 
Night going to Bed, it thickens a thin Rheum, pre- 
vails againft Coughs and Colds, and flops Catarrhs, 
or Diftillations of Rheum down the Throat, which 
fometimes is faid to fall upon the Lungs. 
XVI- The Bath made of the Herb and Flowers, 
either in Water or Wine. It is good to fit over the 
warm Fumes thereof, for fo it opens Obftruff ions of 
the Womb, and eafes Pains thereof : it gives eafe 
alfo in the Piles, caufing them to be difcuffed : it 
eafes them alfo who are affli&ed with Pain in the 
Reins •, gives eafe in the Sciatica, and is very eft'e- 
£!ual to draw down Vapors, and prevent Fits of the 
Mother. 
CHAP. CCCXXIII. 
Of G O L D E N-R O D. 
I. '■»*' H E Names. This is that which is fuppofed 
X to be the A muygutlt, P/inii : and is called 
in Latin , Virga aurea , ( becaufe the Stalks being 
reddilh, make the bulhy tops of Flowers feem as if 
they were of a Gold-yellow ; ) and in Englijh it is 
called, Golden-Pod. 
II. The Kinds. There are three feveral forts of 
this Plant, viz. I. Virgo aurea vulgaris , Virgo au- 
rea angujhjolia , Our common ordinary Golden Rod, 
which is the Virgo aurea Villanovani , and is with 
K k k Leaves 
