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SalmonV ‘Herbal. Lib, I 
and in Woods. The fifth Gerard fays, that hi 
received Seeds and Roots rheieof from Mr. Good 
yer , who found it growing plentifully Wild in th< 
encloled Chalky Hill Grounds by Ala pa l Durbar. 
near Petersfie/d in Hampfhire , and that being Plant 
ed in Gardens , its Flowers become much longei 
and fairer. The fixth grows Wild alfo in many 
places in this Kingdom. 
XI. The Times. They Flower in May, Jun 
and July, yea even all the Simmer long, and lalt 
Ing even to the cold of Autumn , which caufes 
them to decay. 
XII. The Qualities. The Roots of thefe Ram- 
pions are only ufed, and are temperate in refpeft 
to heat or cold, drynefs or moifture •, are Abitei 
live, Cofmetick, Stomatick, Analeptick , and Ga- 
leflogenetick , or encreafers of Milk in Nurfes 
Brea It S' 
XIII. The Specification. The Roots encreafe 
appetite, caufe good digeltion, are Ablterfive, and 
Cofmetick, clearing the Skin from deformities, 
and reftore in Confumptions. 
XIV. The Preparations. You may have there- 
from. I. ASallet. 2. A Decottion. 3. A Cata- 
plafm. 4. A Diftilled Water from the Roots and 
whole Plant. 
The Virtues . 
XV. The Sallet. The Roots of all the Ram- 
pions, if they be of any greatnefs, are ufed for 
Sailers, either Cold, with Salt, Vinegar* Oil, and 
Pepper; being cut and Iliced thin. Or being 
boiled, or Hewed in Butter, or Oil, and fo eaten 
with Salt, Vinegar and Pepper ^ either way, or 
any way, they are familiar to the Stomach, ffir 
up the Appetite, and caufe Digeftion; and fo 
caufe Milk in Nurfes Breafts •, And by reafbn of 
their Temperate and Analeptick, or Nutritive Qua- 
lities, they encreafe Blood and Flefh, and fo reftore 
in Confumptions. 
XVI. The Decoffion. It may be made in Wine 
Milk, or Water. It is faid to be good againft 
(nflamations of the Mouth, Throat and Almonds, 
and other difeafes happening to thofe parts, in 
like manner, as the Throat-Worts are. 
XV II. The Cataplafm. The Roots beaten fmall 
and mixed with Meal or Flower of Lupines 
or rather of Orobus, cleanfes the Skin, from Scurff, 
Morphew, Pimples, Spots, Marks, and other like 
Defcedations or Difcolorings. 
XVIII. The Diftilled Water of Roots and the 
whole Plant. It has all the Virtues of the Cata- 
plafm , and makes the Face and Skin, very fine, 
beautiful and clear. Drank conftantly by Nurfes' 
either alone, or mixt with Milk or Whey, and a 
little fweetned with double Refined Sugar, it en- 
creafes Milk in their Breafts, and is good againft 
a Pining Confumption , as alfo for Ulcers of the 
Lungs. 
C LI A P. DLXXXIX. 
Of RAMSON: 
0 ft, 
BEARS-- GAR LICK. 
/ T' H ft Karnes. It has no proper Greek 
-L Name , but as being a Species of Wild 
rarlick , it may be called 'z.ko&J'x dyeia. : in Latine , 
Allium Urftnum - Allium Latijohum \ and Moly 
Hippocraticum in Englifh , Ram fen, or Ramfons. 
II. The Kinds. This Ramfon is certainly a Spe- 
cies of Garlick , as appears by the Smell and Tafte, 
Rarkinfon joins it with the Garden Garlick. 
Gerard with the Wild: for that it has been found 
growing Wild in Woods : This is Bcars-Garlick , 
or Garden Ramfons. There is another Ramfon cal- 
led Allium Montanum , Allium Alpinum htifolium 
Gerardi ; Allium anguinum Matthioli , £? Parkin - 
font-, Vitlorialis longa Chtfij ; (becaufe Gladiolus is 
called Vitlorialis rotunda) Ophiofcoridon Lob eh j ; 
Snake Ranfom. 
The Defcrzptions. 
III. Tie frft , dr Bears- Garlick or Garden 
Ramfon. It has a Root which is divided 
into many cloves or parts, by which it much 
Ramfons ; Boars Garliik : 
Allium Urlinum. 
encerafes-. 
