.'so, Salmon s /Herbal. Lib. L 
I'etr high, according to the goodnefs of the Soil , 
tvith many Leaves let thereon at diihinces ^ this Stalk 
: rough and bulhy , with many Leaves alfo on the 
L ranches, every one of them {landing upon a long 
F’ootftalk, and divided into five , fix, or feven feve- 
ral Leaves, joined together at the bottom of them, 
and dented about the edges, fomething like unto the 
form of the Leaves Palma ChrijU , or Baftard Black 
Hcllebor, of a dark green color, and of a Itrong fmell, 
hut not unpleafingi towards the tops, from the bot- 
toms of the Wings and Leaves, comes forth the Seed 
b:i long Branches , without any iheivof Flowers, 
which is round, lomewhat hard, and full of an oily 
Nut like white lhbftance, and. contained in round 
Heads-, every particular Leaf is narrow, long, and 
Jharp pointed , finely notched in about the edges-, 
this is called Winter hemp. 
V. T hefccond, or Female Kind, has like foot and 
Stalk as the former, but the Leaves are letter, and of 
a lighter green color, yet like in form and Jhape -, the 
Stalk is fingle for the melt part , with few or no 
Branches, having a like ftrong fmell as the other, it 
bears a great number of Flowers , which are lmall , 
and of a whitifh yellow color, {landing many toge- 
ther upon long Branches, which turn into dull, and 
are carried away with the Wind, not eaVing any 
Seed after them, for which reafon it is called Barren 
Hemp, and by reafon of its bearing no Seed it comes 
to ripenefs fooner than the other by a Month , or 
more, being the tenderer and weaker Plant, the Stalk 
being hollo wer, and not fo ftrong, for which reafon 
it is ufually called Summer Hemp. 
VL An Obfcrvat ion. Thefe two forts Male and 
Female are not originally two differing Kinds,- but 
both rife from one and- the. felr fame Beed ,- that is,' 
they both fpring from' tire Seed, growing upon one 
and the fame Stalk or 'Pi ant, 'being herein fomewhat 
like unto the French Mercury • but how this change 
in Narine fhouid be, dr how ic is brought'-to pafs, 
is very hard to determine: The Summer Hemp , as it 
is the tenderer and weaker Plant , fo it makes the 
finer Stuff or Tare, and that makes the finer Thread, 
and by confequence the finer and fofter Linnen Cloth. 
The Winter Hemp, as it is the ftronger Plant, and 
harder peeling , fo it makes the courfer and harder 
Thread and Cloth, and of this fort it is they ufually 
make their Cordage. As for the way and manner 
of fteeping or watering of Hemp, and how it is dry- 
ed, picked, cleanfed , and beaten, (J c. fo as to be 
made into Cloth or Cordage , as it is not pertinent 
to, or the bufinefs of this Work, fo it is pretermit- 
ted , and you are referred to the proper place in my 
Agriculture, which, if it fhall pleafe God to Blefs 
me with Life , (hall in due feafon be emitted into 
the World, for the general Benefit of Mankind. 
VII. There is alfo a third Kind of Hemp growing 
in Virginia, and other of our Floridian Plantations, 
which in Roots, Stalks , Leaves and Seed differ not 
much from our Manured Kind, laving, that the 
whole Plant is much bigger, the Stalks are greater, 
and the Leaves and Flowers much larger. 
VIII. The Places. Pliny Lib. 20. Chap. 23. lays 
that Hemp was formerly found growing Wild , but 
we in our days can find no fuch thing, for in all'pla- 
ces of the World it is now Sown in enclofed 
Fields chofen on purpofe for the fame^ Columella. 
fays it delights to grow in a Fat, Dunged, and Wa- 
tery Soil, or in plain and moift Grounds deeply 
' Toughed. 
IX. The Times. It is Sown in the end of March, 
>r beginning of April, and is ripe in AuguU or Sept- 
ember, according as the two forts grow ripe and fit 
o be gathered -, the fecond of thefe , or Summer 
Hemp is ripe and fit to be gathered in the end of 
July, and beginning of Augujl the firft, or Winter 
Hemp , is gathered a full Month after , viz. in the 
end of Augujl ^ or beginning of September. 
X. The Vitalities. It is hot and dry in the end of 
the firft degree, it is Aftringent, Carminative, Dif- 
cuifive, opening Qbftru&ions of the Gall Bladder, 
jand is Anodyne, Neurotick, and Arthritick. 
XI. The Specification. It is a peculiar^ thing in 
curing the Jaundice and Colick, in killing Worms, 
and eafing pains of the Gout. 
XII. The Preparations. You may prepare there- 
from, 1. A Liquid Juice of the Leaves. 2. A De- 
coUion of the Leaves. 3 . A DecoUion of the Root. 
4. A Deco U ion or Emulfion of the Seed. 5. A Di- 
jlilled Water of Root and Herb. 6 . An Oil by Inf te- 
flon. 7 . The Leaves fried. 
The Virtues. 
XIII. The Liquid Juice of the Leaves. Taken to 
an Ounce or two in a Glafs of Wine it is an extra- 
ordinary thing to kill Worms , whether in Man 01 
Beaft-, dropt into the Ears it kills Worms in the 
Ears, and draws forth any other living Creature which 
has crept into them : And to {hew the ftrength here- 
of for this purpofe, Matthiolus fays, that if it is 
poured, (yea but the Decoftion of the Herb) into the 
holes of Earth-Worms, it will drive them forth, and 
that Fifhermen and Anglers have ufed this Feat to 
get Worms to bait their Hooks. 
XIV. The DecoUion of the Leaves. Ir has the 
former Virtues , but not altogether fo ftrong , and 
may be given from three to eight Ounces, according 
to Age and Strength, but is no very agreeable thing 
for the Stomach. 
XV. The DecoUion of the Root. It has the fame 
Virtues alfo, but this in efpecial it is laid to be good 
againft, viz. to allay InHamations in the Head, or 
any other part, to eafe the pains of the Gout, to help 
hard Tumors or Knots in the Joints, Cramps, and 
I fhrinking of the Sinews, and to eafe the pains of the 
Hip, or Sciatica-, being applied- thereto by Fomen- 
tation, 
