9 6 4 
Salmon s Herbal. Lib. I. 
Leaf large ft of all . : This proportion it generally 
holds in every winged Leaf through the whole Plant , 
which at the fir ft coming forth are fomething reddijh , 
with the young Branch which fhoots out with them -, 
but being full grown , are of a deep green color , 
fomewhat jhining withall, and dented about the 
edges , which fall not away from the Branches , as 
other Rofe Leaves do, but abide thereon , for the 
moft part all the Winter. Jibe Flowers grow four 
or five together at the tofuof the Branches , being 
Jingle , confi filing of five Leaves apiece , of a pure 
white color , larger than the or d< nary Musk 
Rofe, and of a pleafing Smell , having many yellow 
Chives or Threads in the middle'. 
XV. The Places. The two firft grov? in the 
Hedges almoft every where throughout all England. 
but the fecond not fo frequent as the firft. The 
third came from Mufcovy , where it is a Native. 
The fourth from ITrginia. The fifth from Ger- 
many , where it grows Wild in many places. The 
fixthand feventh was brought to us out of Aifitia. 
The eighth grows, (tho’ a Wild Plant in othei 
Countries) ivith us only in Gardens . 1 The ninth 
is found growing in many Barren and Heathy 
Grounds by Woods and Hedge fides, in many parts 
of this Kingdom. The twelfth, as alfo the third, 
fourth, fifth, fixth and feventh, (tho’ growing 
Wild in their Native places) yet are Inhabitants 
with us only in our Gardens. 
XVI. The Times. Some of thefe Rofcs appear 
earlier than others , but generally from the end of 
May to the middle of Augufi , and fometimes 
longer, according as the Seafons may prove favou- 
rable. 0 
XVII. As to their Qualities, Specification , Pre- 
parations and Virtues of thefe Wild Rofes , they 
are much the fame with thofe of Red Rofes in the 
former Chapter , tho’ indeed they are feldom or 
never ufed in Phyfick : however there are fome 
other parrs of the Wild Rofe Bufih , whole particu- 
lar Virtues Authors have taken fome notice of, viz. 
XVIII. The Preparations, i. A Decoflion or 
lnfiufton of the Root of the Common Wild Briar. 2. 
A Pulp , or Conferve of the ripe Heps of the fame. 
3. A Pouder made of the fame Pulp. 4. APouder 
of the Briar Balls. 
The Virtues. 
XIX. The Decoflion or Infufion of the Root in] Vine. 
The Bark of the Root is to be fhaved or feraped very 
thin, or finely, whilft frefh and green •, and then 
to be,-Infufed or Decoded in Wine 3 or 4 Ounces 
of it to a Quart. Pliny Lib. 8. Cap. 4. fays, that 
it is good to cure the Biting of a Mad Dog ^ I fup- 
pofe inwardly taken for fome time, and alfo to be 
outwardly applyed. 
XX. The Pulp of the ripe Heps. The Pulp is 
generally ufed whilft it is frefh : but if it is done 
for keeping, it muft be made into a Conferve with 
Sugar. It is moft pleafant and deleftable to the 
Taite, helps Digeftion, ftops Catarrhs, Spitting 
and Vomiting of Blood, and gently Binds the 
Belly 
XXI. The Pouder of the Pulp It is made of 
the Infpiflate Pulp of the ripe Heps. Taken in 
Scyptick Red Wine, it is good againft a Diabetes -, 
ftops all Fluxes of Blood whether upwards or 
downwards-, all Fluxes of , Bowels , as alfo the 
overflowing of the Terms, and the Whites in 
Women. . Dofe from 1 to 2 Drams. 
XXII. The Pouder of the Briar Balls. Being 
'Drank in White Port Wine, or in Mead , or rather 
in the Infufion of Lignum Nephriticum, it power- 
fully provokes Urine, expels rhe Srone, Sand, Gra- 
vel, and Tartarous matter out of the Reins and 
Bladder, and gives eafe in the Strangury and 
Colicky it alfo kills Worms in the Belly and 
drives them forth. Dofe from half a Dram to a 
Dram and half. The Balls are firft to be well dryed 
in an Oven, and then the whole, viz. Worms or 
Miggots and all which are within them, are to be 
reduced to a Pouder by beating in a Mortar. 
CHAP. DCIIL 
Of R O S M A R Y. 
f ' | n H E Names. It is called in Arabic/;, Elkin 
J. gaber : in Greek, AiCdyarnf supavo^arnii, Li- 
banotis Stephanomatike : in Latino, Libanotis Stcpha • 
nomatice, or Coronaria , which Epithite is added to 
the Libanotis , to diftinguifh it from the other Liba- 
' notides which are Umbelliferous Plants: it is alfo 
called Rofmarinus , and Rofmarinum: in Englijh, 
Rofmary. 
, II. The Kinds. Formerly there was but one Spe* 
cies known, but now there are more, as, 1. Liba- 
notis Coronaria (becaufe it is ufed in Garlands) 
Rofmarinum Vulgare, Our common Rofmary. Da- 
, lechampius on Pliny, takes it to be the Cafiia nigra 
Theophrafii : and Anguillaria, will have it to be die 
Cofid Higini , acceptable to Bees , and therefore 
Sown near their Hives. Gefncr in Hortis , calls it 
Rofmarinus minor. 2. Rofmarinum llriatum, five 
aurcum , Gilded Rofmary. 3. Rofmarinum l at foli- 
um ; Rofmarinus major Cordi ■, Rofmarinus alter 
GeJ ncri , Broad Leav’d Rofmary. To thefe you 
may add, 4. Rofmarinum Sylvefire nofir as , our 
Wild Rofmary. 
The Defcriptionr. 
III. The firft, or Our common Rofmary, has 
a long zvoody Root, fpread out into many Arms or 
Branches, with a great number of Fibres adjoining 
to them , of a brownifih color on the out fide, it 
fprings up with a woody Stem, of dofe, firm, com- 
pact 'Subfiance, and whitifh, which in time grows up 
to a great height. It has been well obferved to grow 
in divers places of our own Land (as well as in 
Spain and other Foreign Countries , where it is a 
Nat he) to grow to the Body of a Tree of a confi - 
derablc magnitude , fit to make Infir uments of, being 
cut into long thin Boards for that purpofe. I faw 
6 fuel j large bodied Rofmary Trees, when I zvas a 
Boy, of about 8 Inches or more Diameter , and above 
2 'Feet round in the Body, which zvas fir night, and 
about 7 or 8 Feet high], zaith fair , large and ample 
Heads, with their Arms and Branches, in proporti- 
on to thofe Bodies , thefe grew in the Garden of one 
Mrs. Wormal, /flKings-Lyn, Norfolk, Living in 
the Street near to the South Gate. However in 
thofe Plants , which grow not to fuch a prodigious Mag- 
nitude, the Stem is great and woody, of a clofe and 
fine Grain, branching it felf jorth into fevcral 
Arms , and from them again into many other fmaller 
Branches, and thofe again into a vafi number of 
\et fmaller and fender Twigs : at the Joints where- 
'of arejet at feveral difiances , many long and very 
narrdw Le.rves , green above , • and grayifih under- 
neath. 
