 | Josiah Twamley - 1784 - 198 pages
...hyfterick and epileptick cafes, boiled in Allum-water they tinge wooll yellow, the H 4 root* ( 120 ) roots dye a very fine red, not inferior to Madder and are ufed for this purpofe in the I/land of Jura. See Pennant's Tour, 1772, Page 214. Sheep and Goats eat... | |
 | James Pilkington - 1789 - 516 pages
...in hyfteric and epileptic cafes. Boiled in alum-water they tinge wool yellow. Mr. Pennant fays, that the roots dye a very 'fine red, not inferior to madder, and are ufed for this purpofe in the ifland of Jura. GALIUM uliginofum. Marjh Goofegrafs. P. July. Pleafly... | |
 | William Withering - 1801 - 476 pages
...The 3 strongly marked veins or fibres on the leaves afford a strong character. Leaves egg-spearwool yellow. The roots dye a very fine red, not inferior...madder, and are used for this purpose in the island of Jura. Pennant, 1772, p. 214. Sheep and goats eat it. Horses and swine refuse it. Cows are not fond... | |
 | Anthony Florian Madinger Willich - 1802 - 570 pages
...best Cheshire cheese is prepared by their influence. When bjilcd in alum-water, says Dr. WITHERING, they tinge wool yellow. The roots dye a very fine red, not inferior to madder. They also impart a similar colour to the bones of animals fed upon them. According to the experiments... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 816 pages
...difcovering marks of acidity. The French prefcribe them in hyfleric and epileptic cafes. Boiled in alum-water they tinge wool yellow. The roots dye a very fine red, not inferior to madder, and are uled for this purpofe in the ¡(land of Jura. (Pennant 1772. p. 2:2.) Sheep and goats eat it. Horfes... | |
 | Samuel McSkimin - 1811 - 240 pages
...bit.— Grows under hedges. Galium verum Yellow Ladies. Bed-straw.— Boiled in alum water the flowers tinge wool yellow. The roots dye a very fine red, not inferior to madder. Galium Aparine. Cleavers.— The roots dye wool red. Plantago lanceolata. Ribwort Plantain.— Common.... | |
 | 1823 - 888 pages
...hysteric and epileptic cases. Boiled in alum-water, they tinge wool yellow. The roots dye. a very £ne red, not inferior to madder, and are used for this purpose in the island of Jura. (Pennant 1772. p. 212). Sheep and goats eat it. Hoists and swine refuse it. Cows are not fond... | |
 | George Sinclair - 1826 - 596 pages
...them in epileptic and hysteric cases. Boiled in alum-water, they tinge wool yellow. The roots dye a fine red, not inferior to madder, and are used for this purpose in the that I have made, the middle or end of April is the most certain ; but when sown in the autumn, unless... | |
 | 1830 - 634 pages
...Hysteric and Epileptic cases. Boiled in alum water they tinge wool yellow. The roots dye а тегу fine red, not inferior to madder, and are used for this purpose in the Island of Jurn. Penuant, 177S, p. 214. Sheep and goats eat it. Horses and swine refuse it. Cows arc mt fond of... | |
 | Cuthbert William Johnson - 1842 - 1364 pages
...hysteric cases ; but they are of no value. Boiled in alum-water, they tinge wood yellow. The roots dye a fine red not inferior to madder, and are used for this purpose in the island of Jura. Sheep and goats eat the plant ; horses and swine refuse it ; cows tac not fond of it. Smith enumerates... | |
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The roots dye a fine red not inferior to madder, and are used for this purpose in the island of Jura. Sheep and goats eat the plant ; horses and swine refuse it; cows are not fond of it. 