i2 26 Salmon s Herbal. Lib. I. 
XV. T he Injufwn of the Flowers, frefh or dry. 
It has all the former Virtues, but not full out fo 
effeftual, and therefore may be drank to half a 
Pint or more. Being made pleafant with the 
Syrup of Violets , and fharp with a little Oil oj 
Sulphur , it is an excellent Gargle for a fore Throat, 
is profitable againft a Quinfie and Pleurifie, and 
cures the molt malignant burning Fever. 
XVI. The Syrup of the Flowers. Jt is made 
i. With the Juice of the Flowers thus. Take 
Juice of tWF lowers of Violets a Quart double re- 
fined Sugar 4 Pounds , mix and melt in the heat of 
a Bath without Boiling. It cools, moiltens, allays 
the heat of Fevers, quenches Thirft, comforts the 
Stomach, chears the Heart, and refills PutrefaUi- 
on. Dofe from one to two Ounces, given to four 
Ounces, it purges Choler admirably. 2. With an 
Infufton in Water. Take frefh Flowers of Violets 
a Pounds fair Water boiling hot a Quart flop them 
clofc up in a Glafs Matrafs or Vefica for a day , 
then flrain out by prejjing -, in the [trained Liquor 
two Pounds , diffolve of Double Refined Sugar, four 
Pounds , by the heat of a Bath , and taking off the 
Scum , make it into a Syrup without Boiling . It 
has all the former Virtues, but lefs powerful, and 
therefore may be given in double the quantity. 
Either of thefe Syrups will be much more effectual 
in hot, burning, malign and peftilential Fevers, 
if they be made a little Acid (when given) with 
fome few Drops of the Spirits or Oils of Sulphur 
or Vitriol , by which they will be made of a Claret 
Wine color, and of a fine tart Relifh, pleafingthe 
Palate, and fo more potent in cooling all preter- 
natural heats, and quenching Thirft, Dfc. 
XVII. The Pouder of the Leaves. Taken to a 
Dram in Veal Broth, or White Wine Mull’d, it 
allays inward Inflamations, and purges the Body 
of Cholerick Humors. 
XVI II. The Pouder of the Purple Violet Flowers. 
Given to a Dram as the former, it has the fame 
Virtues and Effefls, but Purges not altogether fo 
ttrongly : It is alfo faid to be good againft the 
Quinfie, and the Falling Sicknefs in Children, efi 
pecially in the beginning of the Difeafe. 
XIX. The Pouder of the Seed. It is good a- 
gainft the Stinging of Scorpions, is Peftoral, and 
good againft Fevers, Quinfies, Pleurifies, and Epi- 
lepsy $ heat and fealding of Urine, and all pains 
in the Reins and Back, the Strangury, or Obftru&i- 
ons of the Urinary parts. Dofe one Dram, in any 
convenient Diuretick, and cooling Vehicle. 
XX. The Cataplafm. It is made of the green 
Leaves, being fryed with Yolks of Eggs. It being 
uppiyecl, eafes pains, and difeuffes Swellings in 
the Fundament, and in a fhort time is faid to cure 
the Piles. Made with Oil of Rofes , it difeuffes 
Tumors, abates Inflamations in any part, and eafes 
pains of the Head cau fed thro’ want of Sleep. 
XXI. Julepum Viol arum , Julep of Violets. 
It is made of the Water or Infufton of Violet Flowers 
and Sugar , a Pound of Double Refined Sugar to 
two Quarts of the Water or Infufton. The Virtues 
ate the fame with the Syrup, and may be ufed to 
all tne fame purpofes and intentions. 
XXII. Oleum Violaceum. Oil of Violets. Take 
Purple Violet Flowers , which bruife in a Stone 
Mortar with a wooden Peftle, 12 Ounces ~, OilOm- 
phacine feveral times wafhed , 3 Pounds mix , and 
expofe them in a Glafs dofe ft opt, to hot Sun for a 
Week , fhaking them every day then boil them gent- 
ly in a Bath , prefs them out , and put in frefh Flow- 
ers, doing in like manner , which repeat a third 
t ime , and keep the Oil upon three Pounds of Juice 
of Violets , fhaking them together twice a day for a 
Month at leaf. It is Cooling and Moiftning, 
Opening and Anodyn, good againft Inflamations, 
Phlegmons , burning Fevers, Heflicks, Frenfies, 
and Atrophies it alfo eafes pains of the Bielt 
and Lungs. 
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CHAP. DCCXXVl 
Of VIOLETS Corn and Dames 
1. r | ' H E Names. Tho’ thefe are properly no 
JL Violets , nor in the leaft of kin to them, 
yet fince Cuftom has obtain’d that they fhould be 
fo called, we were obliged to rank them in order 
of the Alphabet , and in this place where you now 
find them. The firft I fuppofe was unknown to 
the Ancient Greeks and Latines , and therefore we 
have no Greek , nor Ancient Latine Name for 
them. The firft is called in Latine , Viola arvenfis , 
Viola Segetum , Caryophillus Segetum -, in Englifb, 
Corn Violet , or Venus Looking - Glafs , by Gerard 
The fecond is called in Latine, Viola Matronalis , 
and in Englifh, Dames Violet. 
II. The Kinds. Of the firft or Corn Violet, 
there are two forts, viz. 1 . Viola arvenfis major 
Dodonh , Viola pentagonia major Taber namontani , 
Viola Segetum major-, Onobrychis Tf Campanula 
arvenfis Lugdunenfis , The greater Corn Violet. 
2. Viola arvenfis minor , Viola Segetum minor , 
The leffer Corn Violet. 
III. Of the fccond or Dames-Violet, we have 
1. lief per is vulgaris , five Viola Matronalis com- 
munis j Viola hy emails, Damafcena Cf Mufcha- 
tella •, in Englifh , Common Single Flower’d 
Dames Violets, Queens Gilliflower, and Winter- 
Gilliflower. 2. Uefperis Pannonica , Viola Ma- 
tronalis Pannonica Hungarian Danaes Violet. 
3. Uefperis , five Viola Matronalis flore alb 0 pie no, 
Viola alba Tragi , Perfica Hermolai , fuppofed to be 
the Lucoium Fufcbij -, Viola Matronalis flore pleno 
Dodonai W Lugdunenfis •, Viola Damafcena flore 
pleno Lobelij Viola Hyberna five Hyemalis 5 Hcf- 
peris flore pleno albo. White double Dames Vio- 
lets. 4. Hefperis flore pleno Pur pur ante , Viola 
Matronalis flore pleno Purpurante Double Purple 
Dames Violets. 
The Defcriptions. 
Firft, Of the CORN-VIOLETS. 
IV. The firft, or Viola Segetum major, Viola 
pentagonia major, Speculum Veneris majus, The 
Greater Corn Violet. Its Root is fmall. Fibrous 
and Annual, which fends forth feveral flender , 
weak, trailing Stalks lying on the Ground, divided 
and fubdivided from every Joint into Branches, 
fo plentifully, that one Plant growing in a good. 
Garden , would hardly be covered by a half Bufhel 
Meafure : the Branches are thick Jet without or- 
der, with fmall and fomewhat long Leaves , 
flight ly dented, or rather waved on the edges : 
at every Leaf from the middle of the Stalk up- 
wards, comes forth a Flower, of the bignefs of a 
Two-Pence, Jo ( that five hundred Flowers almoft. 
will be feen open at once, which is indeed a Noble 
Sight-,) 
