Scabious

Celandine, Burrage, Scabious, Bugloss, five leav'd Grass, and if you find your self hot, put in some Wood-Sorrel, of every one of these one handful, with five tops of Angelica.

The Queen-like Closet or Rich Cabinet Stored with all manner of rare receipts for preserving, candying and cookery. Very pleasant and beneficial to all ingenious persons of the female sex Hannah Wolley

Besides the beautiful flowers of Scabious mentioned before, a new feature in the meadows here was the abundance of Astrantia major.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 Various

Scabious, of which quaint old Gerard observes: "The great part of the root seemeth to be bitten away: old fantasticke charmers report that the devil did bite it for envie, because it is an herbe that hath so many good virtues, and is so beneficial to mankinde."

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 533, February 11, 1832 Various

They are very nice to kiss, especially in the sun, for then they smell honey-sweet, like blue Scabious, and lots of flowers that have not much scent, but only smell as if bees would like them.

Mary's Meadow And Other Tales of Fields and Flowers Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1863

ERIGERON PHILADELPHICUM -- (Fleabane or Scabious.) Plant officinal.

General directions for collecting and drying medicinal substances of the vegetable kingdom : list and description of indigenous plants, etc., their medicinal properties, forms of administration, and doses, Confederate States of America. Surgeon General 1862

It is not a little singular that we should have no certain account of what country this species of Scabious is a native; CLUSIUS who describes and figures it accurately, relates that he received seeds of it from

The Botanical Magazine Vol. 7 or, Flower-Garden Displayed William Curtis 1772

Whether this plant be a Scabious, Thrift or Helichrysum is hard to judge from the imperfect flower of the dried specimen.

A Voyage to New Holland William Dampier 1683

Thus make Conserve of Sage and Scabious, the one is good against melancholy, drieth and comforteth the Stomack, cureth an old Cough, and

The Gentlewoman's Companion: or,%0AA Guide to the Female Sex 1675

Page: 191 openeth the stopping of the Liver: the other, that is Scabious, cleanseth the Breast and Lungs, takes away old Coughs, and imposthumes of the Breast and inward parts.

The Gentlewoman's Companion: or,%0AA Guide to the Female Sex 1675

Eglantine-leaves, five of Liverwort, five of Scabious, four of Baulm, four of Rosemary; two of Bay-leaves; one of Thyme, and one of Sweet-marjoram, and five Eringo-roots splitted.

The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened Kenelm Digby 1634