Chap. 727. ‘Englifb Herbs . 1 2 :] 9 
thr ujiing it felf out into many Branches or Heads , 
from the upper part thereoj blackijh on the out- 
fide , but white and pleafant within as the other , 
yielding Milk in every part of the fame , in like 
manner alfo , abiding many Tears, and not perifhing 
ajter Seed time , as the Goats Beards do, whereof 
the Vipers Graffes are accounted as kinds. It is 
very like to the firft Spanifh Kind, almoft in all 
things , but the Leaves hereof are more in number, 
which rife from the head oj the Root, and as broad 
and as long as they, but not crumpled about the 
edges, nor of that grayifh green color, but fmooth, 
and of a dark or dead green color. It has two or 
three Stalks rifing up among the Leaves, and Jome- 
times but one, according as the Root has increafed 
into feveral heads, having fame lejfcr Leaves up- 
on them, andt& the top a fcaly, and fomewhat long 
green head, from the middle whereof, grows the 
like double yellow Flower, as in the Spanifh Kind, 
and the like Seed alfo, lying in the like Downy 
Subftancc -, neither of them to be well difeerned 
the one from, the other, after they have grown any 
time in the Garden together. 
VI. The fourth, or fmaileft Spanifh Vipers- 
Grafs with a Tuberofe Root. Its Root is as thick 
as three Fingers or more, but fhorter than the other 
Kinds, Tuberofe at the end, blackijh without , and 
whitijh within, yielding but little Milk when it is 
broken, but abides the Winter almoft as well as any 
of the jormer. It has divers Leaves very fmall 
and narrow, lying on the Ground , fame Roots gi- 
ving fmooth Leaves, and others crumpled or wa- 
ved about the edges. The Stalk or Stalks are very 
fmall, fcarcely rifing half a Foot high, bearing a 
long, Jmall, fcaly head, with a fmall and Jingle 
pale yellow Flower, in which grow [mailer black 
Seeds, and enclofed in far leffer Down than in 
any of the others. 
VII. The Places. The Native places of thefe 
Plants, are declared in their Titles or Names, bur 
now they are made Free Denizons of our Country, 
and are found nurft up, and growing in many of 
our Gardens. 
VIII. The Times. They all Flower from the 
beginning of May, and their Seed is ripe before 
the end of June \ after which, the Stalks wither 
and dye away, new Springing from the Root again 
before Winter. 
IX. The Qualities. They are temperate in re- 
fpeft of heat or cold, drinefs or moifture ^ Cordial 
or Cardiack, and Aiexipharmick, or refifters of 
Poyfon. 
X. The Specification. As they are Paid to 
ftrengthen the Heart and Vital Spirits, fo alfo Mo- 
nardus fays they are a Counter Poifon, and have been 
found to cure the bitings of Vipers, or other like 
Venomous Serpents. 
XI. The Preparations. 1. The Boiled, Roafled, 
or Baked Roots. 2. The Liquid Juice. 3. An 
Ophthalmick. 4. A Condite or Preferve. 5. A 
Di filled Water. 
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The Virtues. 
* XII. The Boiled, Roafted, or Baked Roots. They 
arefweet in Tafte, almoft like aParfnep, and may 
be eaten in the fame manner $ without doubt they 
chear the Hearr, ftrengthen the Animal Spirits, 
and reftore in Confumptions. 
XIII. The Liquid Juice. According to Monar- 
dus, it is a good Cordial and Counter-Poifon, and 
does not only help, or cure the biting of the Viper, 
but of any other Poifonous Creature * it is good 
againft Burning and Contagious Fevers, and indu- 
ces Sweating, thereby expelling thro’ the Pores., 
Peftilential Infection. It is good againft Paflions 
and Tremblings of the Heart, Sadnefs, Melancholy, 
and Swooning Fits. It opens ObftruCtions of Li- 
ver, Spleen, Mefentery and Womb, provokes the 
Courfes, is good againft Hyfterick Firs, and orher 
Difaftefiions of the Womb, and prevails againft 
the Head-ach, Vertigo, and other Difeaf'es of the 
Head and Brain •, ftrengthening after an admirable 
manner, the Animal and Vital Powers. This 
Juice may be taken not only from the Roots, but 
alfo from the Leaves and the whole Plant. 
XIV. The Ophthalmick. Take of the Clarified 
Juice a Pint, Clarified Honey twoOunces, mix and 
diffolve. Dropped into the Eyes, it is good againft 
Inflamadon and Blood-fhot, takes away Clouds, 
Spots and Blemifhes in them, and heals them if 
Sore or Ulcerated, ftrengthning the Sight withal. 
XV. The Condi ted or Preferved Root. They 
are pleafant to be eaten as a Sweet MeaL not in- 
ferior to Eringo Roots, and may havin' fome 
fmall meafure the Virtues of the Liquid juice. 
XVI. The Di filled Water. Authors give it the 
Virtues of the Liquid Juice , but I am confident it 
is nothing near lo lfrong or effectual -, but they 
give it againft hot, burning and malign Fevers, and 
the IofeCtion of the Plague, and all fort': of Con- 
tagious, Infeaious and Peftilential Diieales, Paint- 
ings, Swoonings, and other Paflions of the Heart. 
CHAP. DCCXXVIIlJ 
Of the V I R G I N I A Creeper: 
O R, 
C L I M E R. 
I.'T' HE Names. It is a Plant of Noval In- 
X vention, being brought to us from Virginia, 
and other parts of the Weft-Indies •, and therefore 
has no Ancient Greek or Latin Name •, but it is 
called in Latin by our Moderns, Vi tic Virginienfis, 
or rather Hcdcra Virginiana, and in Englifh, the 
Virginia Creeper, or Clime r. 
II. The Kinds. Parkinfon makes two forts 
hereof, viz. The Five Leav'd Creeper, and the 
Three Leav*d Creeper. Mr. Rea, in -his Pomona , 
pag. 227. makes but one Species-, but for Satis- 
faction fake, we will give you all that they have 
both faid. 
The Defcriptions. 
* III. The firft, or Hedera Quinquefolia Virginiana, 
Five Leav’d Creeper. Its Root fpreads here and 
there under the Ground, not very deep : It is a 
jlender Vine, Ivy, or Plant , tall and climbing, 
and rifes out of the Earth with feveral Stems, 
none much bigger than a Mans Thumb, but many 
lefs. From whence Jhoot forth many long weak 
Branches , not able to ftand-upright, unlcfs they 
be fuftained yet Platited next lo a Wall or higB 
Pales, Poles, Trees or the like , the Branches at 
feveral diftances oj the Leaves , will Jhoot Jorth 
fmall Jhort Tendrels, not twining them f elves a- 
bout any thing, but ending in four, five, fix, or 
more 
