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lants kept aslong and in the fame manner. Which fhews, how well 
eri rh ddsaeed a Plant of fo mild a Tafte, cither by fimilitude of 
parts,for the carrying off of any preternatural Acid 5 or by contrariety,: 
for the curbing of an exorbitant Sat. The Barque of the Root of 
common Wormwood,which impreffeth a pertinaceous and diffufive Tafte, 
which defcendeth from the Tongue into the Gulet, as is before defcri- 
bed 5 may be juftly ranked with the moft excellent Stomachicks 3 and 
upon tryal, I find it one of the beft: befides, that it is neither unplea- 
fant, nor affeéteth the Head, as the Leavs. Yet the Gardener, and 
every Body throws it away, as good for nothing. — : 
7. §. I fhall conclude with one note, which is thiss That the Spe- 
ciftch Virtue of Medicines, which fome Phyficians pofitively deny, and- 
moft difpute 5 from fome of the forementioned Differences of Tafte, as 
well as for other reafons, may feem, at leaft, to be probable. For 
why fhould not a Medicize make an Impreffion upon one Part, and not 
upon another, within the Body, aswell as we find it doth within the 
Mouth 2 efpecially, fince the Parts of the Mouth, are of a le& different 
Nature, than fome of the Mfeera, 

An Appendix, 
Of the ODOURS of Plants. 
Ze HE Senjes of Tafling and Smelling being fo nearly 
X. ally'ds many things already explained concerning 
gs the Diverfities and Canfées of Lafts in Plants, may 
b eafily be transferr’d to thofe of their Odours. T 
° hall now therefore only tremarque fome particulars, 
; not commonly taken notice of hitherto, and leave 
aes we themasa Specimen to be Improved by other Hands. 
bes; The Root of Rape-Crowfoot being cut, and held to the Nofe, 
when it is newly taken out of the Ground , {melleth almoft like 
Spirit of Sal armoniac, ox freth Scureygrafs Fuyce. And hath the pro- 
perty of making the Eyes to water, as Onions do, Horfe-Radifh Root 
is not fo Pungent to the Nofe,but gets pretty much into the Eyes. But 
that of Dragon, doth neither affect the Eyes, nor the Nofe. 
3. §. The Succulent Roots of Dogftones, and moft of that Tribe, 
have a ranck Swel. And that of Crown Imperial, being rub’d a little, 
fells as like a Fox, asone Fox fmelleth like another. 
4: §. The Root of Patience digefted with Water, in a warm Room, 
for the {pace of three weeks, finels like Spirit of Harts Horz, or other 
Orinous Spirit. OF Red Dock, almoft like Aqua fortis or Spirit of Ni- 
ire, That of Dragon bottled up with Water, and fet ina Cellar, about a 
Month, ftinks like the pus of the molt Fetid Ulcer. At the end of five 
Months, more abominably, than either to be endured or exprefled. 
5- $. The Leavs of Mountain Calamint, {mel like Peny Royal, 
Thofe of Ulmaria, like Wahont Pills, OF Yellow Lamium, like a Bal- 
Sune. Of Seva, a good quantity being held to the No fe, of a rank 
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