. Acetaria : a discourse of sallets. Vegetables; Herbs; Salad greens; Salads. 6o r- AQ El A %l A. ^i. There Is another Atriplex Mjrltma,Fruticofa^ call'd Shruh Halimus, or Sea Orach^ whofe new peeping Leaves (tho' rarely us'd) afford a no unpleafant AciJulay even during Winter, if it prove not too fevere. 51. Orange, Malus Aurantla, (^Makm aureum) moderately dry, cooling, and incifive; (harpens Appetite, etcecdingly refrc(hes,~ and refifts Putrefadlion : We fpeak of the Sub-acta ', the fweet and bitter Orange being of no ufe in our Sallet. The Liriion is ibmewhatmore acute, cooling and extingu
. Acetaria : a discourse of sallets. Vegetables; Herbs; Salad greens; Salads. 6o r- AQ El A %l A. ^i. There Is another Atriplex Mjrltma,Fruticofa^ call'd Shruh Halimus, or Sea Orach^ whofe new peeping Leaves (tho' rarely us'd) afford a no unpleafant AciJulay even during Winter, if it prove not too fevere. 51. Orange, Malus Aurantla, (^Makm aureum) moderately dry, cooling, and incifive; (harpens Appetite, etcecdingly refrc(hes,~ and refifts Putrefadlion : We fpeak of the Sub-acta ', the fweet and bitter Orange being of no ufe in our Sallet. The Liriion is ibmewhatmore acute, cooling and extinguiftiing Thirft ; of all the 0|!;/Sa9*, the \x^ fuccedaneum to Finegar. The very Spoils and Rinds of Orange and Litnon being Ihred and fprinkl'd among the other Herbs, corred the Acrimony. But they are the tender Seedlings from the Hot-Bed^ which impart an Aromatic exceeding- ly grateful to the Stomach. Vide f^. Parfnep, Paflitiaca, Latifolia Sativa; firft boiFd, being cold, is of it felf a Winter-Sa/Iet, eaten with Oyl, Vinegar, &c. and having fomething of Spicy, is, by fome, tiiought more nou- rifliing than the Turnip. 54. There is alfo the Water-Parfnip, Sium Majus Latifolium : The crude tender Leaves^ €arly in the Spring are eaten in Spain ; are very grateful for the Stomach, and a fovereign Remedy againft the Gravel in the Kidney, or Stone in the Bladder : But operates much more efficacioufly, if a good Handful of the whole Tlant (vlhilft moft flourilhingj be boil'd in a Vint of White-vaine Tofet- drink, and the percolated Liquor drank warm. In the Winter- time, and when the Plant is in decay, if a large Spoonful of the Powder of the Leaves (gather'd and dry'd in the Summer) be taken in Pojjet-drink. 55. Patience, Lapathum Hortenje Sativum, (to which may be join'd the Sanguineum or Blood-wort') being boil'd, is a palatable and wholfom Efculent; laxative and timoUient : All the Lapathas and Docks have, in fome degree, the Faculties of Rheubarb^ be- ing of the f
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