xi ^ Salmon’/ Herbal. Lib. 1. 
Vi. T be Places. The firft is generally found in j 
Fields and Orchards, and other like places ; alfo in 
Graffy Paftures, Borders of Fields, and in Corn I 
Lands almolt every were : It is found oltner than 
the Owners ofGroundswouldhaveit, being a kind 
of Plague, or mighty Incumbrance to any place 
where it once gets footing. The fecond grows 
generally in Plowed Lands, where it becomes the 
Husband-Mans Vexation in hurting and deltroying 
his Corn. But both thefe Plants will grow in any 
Ground or Soil wharfoever. 
VII. The Times. They Flower in the latter end 
of May, thro 1 all June , and fometimes in fome 
part of July ; and the Grain is ripe in Auguft and 
September, fooner or later, according to its time 
of Flowering. 
VIII. The Qualities, Specification, Preparations 
and Virtues ol thefe, are the fame with thofe of 
th t Common ManuredTare, in the former Chapter-, 
fo that no more need befaid ol them in this place. 
The Grain may be made into Meal or Flower; or 
boil’d into Pulrage and eaten, as other Pu'U'es are, 
but thefe are of a thicker Conliltence, and there- 
fore may be thought to nourilh very much : With- 
out doubt in time of Famine it would be an accep- 
table Food ; at other times they are not eaten, but 
the Grain, as alfo the Straw, are Food for Cattel, 
as nourilhing them exceedingly. 
CHAP. DCLXXXV. 
Tarragon. 
Of TARRAGON. 
I. / T 'HE Names. It has no Greek Name that 
JL we know of, but it is called in Latine, 
T ragum *, Tragum vulgare Clufij -, Tarchon •, Dra- 
co * Dracunculus hortcnfis -, Draco Hortenfis -, 
and in Fnglifh, Tarragon. 
II. The Kinds. It is Singular is fui generis, tho’ 
fome have held it not to be an Herb of its own 
Kind: And KueJlius was of that vain and falfe 
Opinion, That it was firft produced by putting 
Linfeed into the Root of a Radifh, or of an 
Onion being opened, and fo fet into the Ground, 
which when it fprings up, brings forth this Herb 
Tarragon \ which Folly, Matthiolus by certain 
Experience fays has been found falfe. 
The Descriptions . 
III. Its Root is white, and creeps about underGround, 
by which it much increajcs. It has many. long, nar- 
row, Jharp pointed green Leaves , fometimes of a 
dark green, and fometimes of a more light Color, 
growing upon fhort J lender Loot folks ; which are fo 
numerous, as even to hide in a manner the Stalks 
the mf elves, which are of the fame Color, round and 
brittle, fometimes two Feet or more high -, at the 
tops of which come forth long fender Spikes , of 
fmall yellow if Flowers, which feldom give any good 
Seed, but a dufly or chaffy matter, which is difperfed 
with the Wind, the whole Herb is of a hot and bi- 
ting tafle. 
IV. Gerard deferibes it after this manner. Its 
Root is long and fibrous creeping far abroad under 
Ground,, as do the Roots of Quich- Grafs, by which 
fpr outing up, it increafes, yielding no Seed at all. 
It has long and narrow Leaves of a deep green Co- 
lor, longer than thofe of our Common Garden 
Hyffop, with fender round brittle Stalks, about 
two Cubits high. Round the Branches whereof 
fpr mg forth little round Flowers, which never per- 
fedly open, of a yellow Color mixed with black, 
like thofe of Common Wormwood : after which 
fucceeds a certain Chaffy or Dufy matter as it were, 
which fly s away with the Wind. 
V. The P laces. For all that I know it is a Na- 
tive .of England , and grows with us only in Gar- 
dens, where (if the Ground is good) it ftouriflies 
admirably. 
VLTfc Times. It is green all the Summer 
Months, and a great part of Autumn, and bow- 
ers in July. 
VII. The Qualities. It is hot and dry in the 
end of the fecond Degree : Aperitive, Aftriflive 
Attraflive Digeftive, Difcuffive, Diuretick and 
Traumatick; Stomatick, Cephalick, Neurotick 
Cardtack, Splenetick, Nephtitick, Arthritick and 
Hyitenck; Lmmenagogick, Sudorifick, and Alex- 
lpharmick. 
VIII. T he Specification. It refills Vomiting re- 
ntes Appetite loft cures Convulfions, Pallies, 
Trembhng and Weaknefs of the Limbs or extream 
pans; is profitable againft a Teucopkleematia ex- 
pels Wind gives eafe in the Cl, click, provokes 
Urine and the Terms in Women; and is an admi- 
rable Remedy againft the Scurvy in a cold Habit 
or body. 
IX. The Preparations. You may have there- 
Xtom i. A Liquid Jatce. 7. An Efience. 7 A 
DeccUton tn Wme. 4. A Dfitl/edlVatenr , A 
\ Spirituous TmOure. 6 . An AeiiTinSure. 7 An 
I Otly Ttnflure. 8. A Balfam. 9 . A Sailer. 
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