Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Plant]
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Accession number:
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04649
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Record number:
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04649-3
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JCB call number:
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D672 J84n (copy 2)
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Image title:
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[Plant]
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Place image published:
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[London]
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Image publisher:
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[G. Widdowes]
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Image date:
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[1672]
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Image function:
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illustration; p. 68
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Technique:
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woodcut
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Image dimension height:
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3.8 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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4.9 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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14.1 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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8 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Description:
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A plant with round leaves and tuberous root.
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Source creator:
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Josselyn, John, fl. 1630-1675
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Source Title:
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New-Englands rarities discovered: in birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, and plants of that country. ...
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Source place of publication:
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London
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Source publisher:
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Printed for G. Widdowes at the Green Dragon in St. Pauls Church yard
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Source date:
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1672
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notes:
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Text notes that the plant was found about eight miles from the sea, had a thick, black root, and round leaves growing from black stems. Josselyn's observations are based on his stays in New England (Maine) in 1638-39 and 1663-71. His work is among the earliest on the natural history of the region. His notes on the medicinal uses of the plants are based on information from native Americans.Identification of the plant as Adiantum reniforme, a kind of fern, is taken from p. 123 of Edward Tuckerman's edition of Josselyn's work, (Boston, 1865), but true Adiantum reniforme is found primarily in Asia.
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Time Period:
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1651-1700
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References:
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Josselyn, John. New-England's Rarities ... Boston, William Veazie, [1865], p. 123
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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North America
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Subject Area:
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Flora and fauna
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Subject headings:
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Medicinal plants--New England
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Subject headings:
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Natural history--New England
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