Pomarium Britannicum; An Historical and Botanical Account of Fruits Known in Great Britain - Softcover
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1820 edition. Excerpt: ...When properly dressed," he says, " they are a light, mild, and wholesome food. The young and tender stalks," he states, " were dressed and served up to table as a good dish; and the fruit of those that climbed up trees, or walls, or on the frames of arbours, were better food than those which crept on the ground. They have of late/' says this author, " been much used for pots and pitchers;" but long before, they had been used as barrels to keep wine in. Both the wild and the garden-gourd was much used in medicine by the Romans, who also employed the seeds as a charm to cure the ague. (Pliny, 1. xx. c. 3.) Gerard says, " the pulp, or meat of the gourd, used as a poultice, mitigates all hot swellings, and takes away the headache and the inflammation of the eyes." The bottle-gourd, (lagenaria,) grows in many parts of the world to near six feet long, and two feet thick. The rinds or shells are used by the negroes in the West-India islands as bottles, holding from one pint to many gallons. Barham speaks of one that held nine gallons; and the Rev. Mr. Griffith Hughes mentions them, in his History of Barbadoes, as holding twenty-two gallons. The shells are cleared of the pulp and seeds by the negroes in the following manner:--they make a hole at one end, into which they pour hot water, in order to dissolve the pulp, which afterwards is extracted with a stick, and the inside rinsed with sand and water, to loosen and clear away the fibres that remain; they are then dried and become fit for use, and will contain water or other liquids for a length of time. Sloane mentions one of these gourds as" large as the human body. Brown says, " the decoction of the leaves is recommended much in purging...
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About the Author:
Henry Phillips, Jr., is Professor of Greek, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire.
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- PublisherTheClassics.us
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1230320970
- ISBN 13 9781230320977
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages70
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