| Title: | Common mullein |
| Original Title: | Molene, bouillon blanc, ou bon-homme |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 10 (1765), p. 628 |
| Author: | Unknown |
| Translator: | Ann-Marie Thornton [Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey] |
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Gardening
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| Original Version (ARTFL): | Link |
| Source: | Russell, Terence M. and Anne Marie Thornton. Gardens and landscapes in the Encyclopédie of Diderot and D'Alembert : the letterpress articles and selected engravings. Aldershot: Ashgate, 1999. Used with permission. |
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| Citation (MLA): | "Common mullein." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ann-Marie Thornton. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2013. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0002.143>. Trans. of "Molene, bouillon blanc, ou bon-homme," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 10. Paris, 1765. |
| Citation (Chicago): | "Common mullein." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ann-Marie Thornton. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0002.143 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Molene, bouillon blanc, ou bon-homme," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 10:628 (Paris, 1765). |
Common mullein, also known as ‘white broth’ or fold man’. [1] It is a plant which grows to about four or five feet, with a broad, ramose stem covered with wool. The leaves are large and furry, and while some are cauline, others are basal. The flowers form a yellow clump and are shaped like rosettes; each flower is divided into five segments. The flowers are followed by pointed cocci which contain black seeds. Common mullein is widespread and its utility is generally acknowledged. [2]
Notes
1. Verbascum thapsus or common mullein, is one of about 360 species of Verbascum . See D. J. Mabberley, The Plant-book: a Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants (Cambridge, 1997), 743. It has many colourful names in English, including Aaron’s rod, Adam’s flannel, Our Lady’s candle, etc. It is called ‘bouillon-blanc’ (white broth) in French, because it is used for making tisanes.
2. The leaves are used in medicine, notably in the treatment of asthma. See D. J. Mabberley, The Plant-book: a Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants (Cambridge, 1997), 743..