The Names of Herbes Volume 34 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 Excerpt: ...in duche Recroute and Bingelkraute, in frech mercuriallo. The herbe whiche is comunely called in englishe mercury hath nothyng to do wyth mercurialis, whereof I spake no we. Let the Poticaries vse thys mercury and let the commune mercury alone. Mercury is as comune about Colon in the gardines, as any weede is commune in gardines in England. It is hote and dry in the fyrste degre. Mespilus. Mespilus called in greeke mespile, is of two sortes, the one hath three stones in the fruite, and that kynde is not wyth vs. The other kynde hath in the fruite, fyue stones, and thys kynde is commune in Englande, and it is called in englishe a medler tree or an open ars tree. Meum. 1 Meum called of the grecians Meon and Meion is called of the Poticaries Meu, in duch Bearwurtz. Some Poticaries in Anwerpe vse thys herbe for Peucedano and so they cal it. I neuer sawe thys herbe in Englande sauynge once at saynte Oswarldes where as the inhabiters called it Speknel, it groweth in greate plentie eighte myle aboue Bon in a fielde besyde Slyde in Germany. It may be called in englishe mewe or duche Dyl. The rootes are hote in the thyrde degree and dry in the seconde. Milium. Milium is called in greeke Cegchros, & Piston, in duch Hirsz, in french Du millet. I haue not sene it in Englande, but very muche in high Germany. It maye be called in englishe Hirse or millet. Milium indicum. Milium indicum is nowe muche sowen in Italy, and it is in some gardines in Germany where as it is called turkishe come, and some cal it in Englande wheate of turkey. Howe be it there is an other thynge that is the true turkish wheate, it were better to cal it after my iudgemet turkish millet. Morus. Morus is called in greeke morea, in english a mulbery tree, in duch maulberbaum 1i...