1710. Botanologia. The English Herbal: or History of Plants.
Containing I. Their Names, Greek, Latine and English. II.
Their Species, or various Kinds. III. Their Descriptions.
IV. Their Places of Growth. V. Their Times of Flowering and
Seeding. VI. Their Qualities or Properties. VII. Their
Specifications. VIII. Their Preparations, Galenick and
Chymick. IX. Their Virtues and Uses. X. A Complete
Florilegium, of all the choice Flowers cultivated by our
Florists, interspersed through the whole Work, in their
proper Places; where you have their Culture, Choice,
Increase, and Way of Management, as well for Profit as for
Delectation. Adorned with Exquisite Icons or Figures, of the
most considerable Species, representing to the Life, the
true Forms of those Several Plants. The whole in an
Alphabetical Order. By William Salmon, M.D. London: Printed
by I. Dawks, for H. Rhodes, at the Star, the Corner of
Bride-Lane, in Fleet-Street; and J. Taylor, at the Ship in
Pater-noster-Row. M.DCC.X.
(The dedicatory epistle is to Queen Anne.)
_James Petiver._
1715. [Hortus Peruvianus Medicinalis: or, the South-Sea
herbal. Containing the names, figures, vse, &c., of divers
medicinal plants, lately discovered by Pere L. Feuillee, one
of the King of France's herbalists. To which are added, the
figures, &c., of divers American gum-trees, dying woods,
drugs, as the Jesuits bark-tree and others, much desired and
very necessary to be known by all such as now traffick to
the South-Seas or reside in those parts.]
(Undated.) Botanicum Londinense, or London Herbal. Giving
the Names, Descriptions and Virtues &c. of such Plants about
London as have been observed in the several Monthly
Herborizings made for the Use of the young Apothecaries and
others, Students in the Science of Botany or Knowledge of
Plants.
(Undated.) Botanicum Anglicum, or The English Herball:
Wherein is contained a curious Collection of Real Plants
being the true Patterns of such Trees, Shrubs and Herbs as
are observed to grow Wild in England. By which any one may
most easily attain to the Speedy and True Knowledge of them.
With an Account (affixed to each Plant) of their Names,
Places where Growing, and Times of Flourishing: As also what
Parts and Preparations, of Each Physical Plant, are most in
Use. And for the farther Instruction and Satisfaction of
such, who are Lovers of Plants, The Composer of this
Collection chose to make his chiefest References to the
General History, Catalogue and Synopsis of that Learned
Author, and most Judicious Botanist, Mr. John Ray: As also
to our Two most Esteemed English Herballs, Johnson upon
Gerard and Parkinson; and for your more speedy finding each
Plant, he hath quoted the Page, wherein you may observe its
Name, Figure or Description.
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