(1737)  Page(s) pl. 82.  Includes photo(s).
 
The Damask Rose. Rosa Damascena.
1. This Rose Bush grows not so tall as the white, but taller than the Red; the Leaves are a light Grass Green, and the Flowers a pale Red.
2. It grows in Gardens and flowers for several Months in the Summer.
3. The Flowers are of a gentle cathartic Nature, purging choleric and serous Humours. They are frequently given to Children & weakly Persons, mixt with stronger Cathartics.
4. Greek Ροδον. Latin, Rosa Damascena vel pallida. Spanish, Rosas. Italian, Rosa. French, Roses. German, Rosen. Dutch, Provincie Roos.

(1737)  Page(s) pl. 78.  Includes photo(s).
 
The Red Rose, Rosa Rubra.
1. This Rose Bush is less than the white or Damask: the flowers have very few Prickles on the stalks: the Leaves are a grass Green, and the Flowers a light Crimson.
2. It grows in Gardens and flowers in June and July.
3. The Red Rose is more binding and restringent tha any of the Other species, i.e. are esteemed good in all kinds of Fluxes. They Strengthen the Stomach, prevent Vomiting, stop tickling Coughs by preventing the Defluxion of Rheum, and are of great Service in Consumptions. The Apices are also accounted cordial. The Officinal Preparations are a Simple Water, the Conserva Rosarum, Sacharum Rosarum, Syrupus & Rosis Siccis.
4. Greek Ροδον Latin, Rosa rubra. Spanish, Rosas. Italian, Rosa. French, Roses. German, Rosen. Dutch, Kard Rosen.

(1737)  Page(s) pl. 73.  Includes photo(s).
 
The White Rose. Rosa alba.
1. This Tree grows taller than most other kinds of Roses, having fewer Prickles on ye Branches, and those pretty large; the Leaves are a dark Green, and the Flowers white.
2. It grows in Gardens, and flowers in June.
3. The Flowers are esteemed drying, binding and cooling. The Water distilled from them is much used in Collyriums for sore inflam'd Eyes. The Officinal Preparation is the Distilled Water.
4. Greek, Ροδον λεϋκά. Latin, Rosa alba. Spanish, Rosas blancos, Italian, Rosa bianca. French, Roses. German, Rosen. Dutch, Witte Roos.

(1737)  Page(s) pl. 65.  
 
Female Piony / 1. Flower 2. Seed Vessel / Paeonia faemina

Plate 65. The Female Piony. Paeonia faemina.
1. It grows 2 or 3 feet high. Ye Leaves are a grass Green & the Flowrrs a fine Crimson.
2. It is cultivated in Gardens, and flowers in April and May.
3. This Plant generally Supplies the Place of ye Male Piony; and is accounted good for the Epilepsy, Apoplexy, and all kinds of Convulsions and nervous affections, both in Young & old. Some recommend it in histeric cases, the Obstructions of ye Menses, and ye Retention of the Lochia. The Root and Seed are hung about Children's Necks to prevent Convulsions in breeding their Teeth.
4. Greek, Γλνκυσίδη, or Παιονία ϑπλεία. Latin, Paeonia faemina. Spanish, Rosa del monte, or Rosa albardeira. Italian, Peonia. French, Pivoine, or Pynoine. German, Peonien. Dutch, [Name missing]

(1737)  Page(s) pl. 245.  Includes photo(s).
 
Male-Piony / 1. Flower 2. Seed Vessel 3. Seed Vessel open 4. Seed / Paeonia mas.

Plate 245. Male-Piony. Paeonia mas.
1. The Stalks grow about two Foot high, the Leaves are a dark grass Green with reddish Veins, and the Flowers red.
2. It is planed in Gardens and flowers in April and May.
3. The Flowers Seed & Roots are esteemed cephalic & good for the Epilepsy, Apoplexy, & all kinds of Convulsions; both in Young & old. They are also accounted good in histeric Cases, Obstructions of the Menses and the Retention of the Lochia. The Root and Seed are hung about Children's Necks to prevent Convulsions in Breeding their Teeth.
4. Greek, Γλνκαίδη, or Παιονία. Latin, Paeonia folio nigricante Splendido que Mas. Spanish, Rosa del Monte. Italian, Peonia. French, Pivoine or Pynoine. German, Peonien. Dutch, Pione maneke.

(1737)  Page(s) pl. 65.  
 
Female Piony / 1. Flower 2. Seed Vessel / Paeonia faemina [double variety illustrated]

(1737)  Page(s) pl. 8.  
 
Wild Rose or Briar Rose. Rosa Canina.
1. The Leaves are a darker green than the Garden-rose: and the Flowers are sometimes white, but oftener a pale Red.
2. It grows in Hedges, & Flowers in Iune & Iuly. The Hips are fit to gather the latter End of September. On the Stalks of this Bush ye Bedeguar grows, which is a redish green Spongy hairy Excressence, made by small Ichneumon Flies. See Ray's Catalogue of Plants about Cambridge, p.140.
3. The Flowers of this Rose are thought more restringent than ye Garden: Some look upon them as a Specific for ye Excess of ye Caramenia. The Pupl of ye Hips strengthens ye Stomach, cools the Heat of Fevers, is pectoral, good for Coughs, Spitting of Blood & ye Scurvy. The Seed is good against ye Stone and Gravel. The Bedeguar is said to have the same Virtues. The officinal Preparation is, the Conserva Cynosbati.
4. Greek, Kυνοσάττν, ροδον άυζιον or Κυνορροδον. Latin, Rosa Canina, or Rosa Sylvestris. French, Le Rosier, or l'Eglantier sauvage. German, Bilderosen or Hectrosen. Dutch, Eglantier.