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ACEt ARIA.

England, would have it thought ( with many others) an Exoticfc, andcall it Salsify and Sajstfy ; whilst, by whatever Name dignify’d or distin-guilh’d, it must be own’d to be an excellent Sallet-R oot, and very nutri-tive, and may be stew’d and drefs’d as Sorzonera , exceedingly amicableto the Breast.

34. Hops, Lupulus-, hot and moist, rather Medicinal than fit forSallets: The Buds and young Turiones of the 'Tendrels excepted, whichmay be eaten raw; but more conveniently being boistd, and cold, likeAsparagus-. They are ‘Diuretic ; depurate the Blood, open Obstructi-ons, very wholsome and grateful to the 'Palate.

3,5. Hyssop, Hyssop us ; Thymus Capitatus Creticus ; Maj or an,Winter-Savory, Satureia domestica,Thymus vulgar is, Calt ha vulgar is ,

Mary-go Id, &c. as all hot, spicy Aromatics , ( commonly growingin Kitchen-Gardens) are of Faculty to comfort and strengthen;- pre-valent against Melancholy and Phlegm: Plants, like these, going un-der the Names of ‘Pot-Herbs , are much more proper for Broths and!DecoBions , than the tender Sallet-. Yet the Pops and Flowers redue’dto Powder, are by lome referv'd for Strewings upon the colder Ingredi-ents ; communicating no ungrateful Fragrancy: See the true Thymeof the Ancients.

36. Jack-by-the-Hedge, Aliaria , (so call’d from its Allium-likeSapor and Odour ) or Sauce-alone ; has many Medicinal Properties,and is eaten, as other Sallets, by all Lovers of Gar lick, ( the Antientsus'd it as a Succedaneum to Scordium) especially by Country-People,growing wild under their Banks and Hedges.

37. Judas’s-Tree, Arbor Judœ : Its pretty light-colour’d Papi-lonaceous Flowers have a very grateful Acidity, and thereby gain’d Ad-mittance amongst our Acetaria .

Leeks, See Garlick.

38. Lettuce, Latfuca Sativa-. Tho’ by Metaphor call’d * Mortu- *

orum Qibi, (to fay nothing of f Adonis and his fad Mistress ) by rca- j i^Yactuca.ion of its Soporiferaus Quality, ever was, and still continues, the prin- occulrarumcipal Foundation of the universal Tribe of Sallets ; which is too cool ^ 0 nfn cccinlcand refresh, besides its other Properties: And therefore in such high Cainmachus ,Esteem with the Ancients, that divers of the Valerian Family, dig- quod Allego-nify’d and enoblcd their Name with that of Lallucinii.

it is, indeed, of Nature more cold and moist than any of the rest, »«illucrese-yet less astringent, and so harmless, that it; may safely be eaten raw in ^” d "„ od p ^Fevers ; for it allays Heat, bridles Gholer, extinguishes Thirst, excites Venerem he-Appetite, kindly nourishes; and above all, represses Vapours, conciliates ke^es^ancSleep, mitigates Pain ; besides the Effect it has upon the Morals, Tem- f cemesperancc and Chastity. Galen (whose beloved Sallet it was) from its due.pinguid, J'ubdulcid, and agreeable Nature, fays it breeds the most lau-dable Blood. No marvel then that they were by the Ancients calledSana, by way of Eminency, and so highly valu’d by the great || Augu- nApudSue-sius , that attributing his Recovery of a dangerous Sickness to them, stis ton.reported, he erected a Statue , and built an Altar to this noble Plant.

And that the most abstemious and excellent Emperor * Tacitus (Ipen- ^ a V ° pisc ^ rding almost nothing at his frugal Table in other Dainties) was yet so great blhlfa Friend to Lettuce, th.;t he was us’d to lay of his Prodigality, Som- the Kinds *ndnum fe mere art ilia fimptus efusione. How it was celebrated by Galen ^ZTsfeViTn.\ve have heard; how he us’d it he tells himself; namely, beginning with h. Nat. i.xi*>Lettuce in his younger Days, and concluding with it when he grew old, £ 8 ;

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