Of the Hifiorie of Plants.

qt Tficlvames. hD h 33 1; t _ ~ - , .- -' .-' ‘ ntauzin :%::3;:£;“:§:i::;::*:: %;::::::§;’:2:i:? éilzieéll :1‘ he Poets do Olita times name it Hcr6afalax_: Ernméotlh fignifie likewife a certaiire canker . e which is an enemy to pot-herbes,but efpecially to 0 eworts. “ mm fhe firfi is called ErE;c%ti'v$‘(])r11:‘1o7§e7a[:r iftljor .- Great Garden Rocket. 2 The fecond Emmfy IN’ ris .~ 1 e 0C Q - . . , 3 T his third is by Load called iflrzicafiilziejfris angzfizfolza : 1r:arré)w1lc2I:d1ubccllv;:(:l<5a<*itfe{::i]l<€tF}-lc mm: 4 Clafim fitly calls tl1is,N4/furtzumfilueflre : and ee repre en et 0 c 3

into Emmi Na fiirtia cogmtatenmflilia : Crefiy-Rocket. V‘ _ _ _ V cm s The fihth is Ema: rmzrzm, (thought by Label and Others to be Cakzle Scrzzpzomg) Sea R053‘

3 .Er5{C4.4q.'{i"Zz2:i;4.' WaterRocket.

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3* 6 E mm aqmztica. Water Rocket.

5 Ilrzim miwzlfla. Sea Rocket.

, ‘ K‘ . , ) gr/ye Temperature.

Rocket is hot and dry in the third degrec,theref0r€ faith G4 eaten alone.

. . b5 [en it is not fit nor accufiomed I0

7]” mm’ ii d i ll Id h b herbmifitbe eaten with Lfittuceapm 3”“; 3“ “C C0 9‘ 35 ace 0‘ . . . (1 k and caufeth that fuch cold herbes are *a::s‘::;::::&:‘;::£:’a:€.‘:::,**;o:;t:::a:ie.imi » C0016 t fiockgaamth vp bodily lufhefpecially the feed. . h vrine,and caufeth good dige i’:.i_0n- l halide’ C It Prouoket That whofoeuet taketh the leed of Rocket before he be whipt,fhal1be £0 1) Pliny i'ep01't€tha _ . fledathat he ma” Camy mdL:de:l}I1i(:iil?Iali}tL]:Csl.vVith vineger and the gall of an Oxe,tal<eth away ffeck The root and feed Ramp ; md an fuch deformities ofcbc faCe_ .-lenti-leS2b.laCkC and blew 3‘ , _ . . ‘ 3 tyirici X the {me of13,.,,,,f51 ,mgu_[ii'fi;iia,is ofrhe tame plantthatinthc Chapter of Tarmu is called (arnrlm >

~ ’ dc . ' . ' b £3‘ iflurflre m'71w5~ , The figurt tharwisinthcrhird p1ac¢.V" . X g“ Enfimmnfccimdum ofTab:m. and I qucihon whclh“ “ ‘mt ° WP 3 l _g}mu_findc it treated ofat large. And that In ill‘ 5”“ P 3‘ H I“

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C-H A p.11. Of Tarragon.

Draco yberézz. Tarragon. qr rae De/crzpmmg

Arragon the fallade herbe hath long and

narrow leaues of a deep green colour, grea.

ter and longer than thofe of common Hyil fope,with {lender brittle round fialkes two cu- bites high : about the branches ‘whereof hang little round floures,neuer perfeétlyopened, or a yellow colour mixed with blacke, like thofe of common Wormewood.The root is long and E. brous,creeping far abroad vnder the earth,as doe the roots of Couch~grafTe, by which {prancing forth it increaf'eth,yeelding no feed at all, but as it were a certaine charlie or duftie matter “that fiicth away with the winde. T

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Tarragon is cherifhed in gardens, and is en; creafed by the young fhoots: Raelliw and fuch others haue fireported many Ptrange tales hereof fcarce worth the rioting, faying, that the feed of flax put into a Raddifh root or fea O nion,and (0 fet,cloth bring forth this herbe Tarragon .

The Time. It is greene all Summer long,and a great part of Autumnc,and floureth in Iuly.

qf T/ze Names. It is called in Latine, Dram, Drdcunculm /"ml . - tenfi:,aiid Tmgum wlgare by Clujz'm5 of the I ta- t is E <:3gomc/[um-,in French,Dragon5in Englifh-,Tarragon. ‘ . littiegtb Ugh: to be that Tar:/am which Aaicen mentioneth in his 686 .chapter:but he writeth {'0

e‘1'€()f‘3_ h - I . . . - A A mention OFTMSCZOSE nothing can certainly be aflirrned of it. Szmem Serb; the Gretke alfo maktth.

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. T ‘ . Mt Wagon is hot and dry in the third degree, and not to be eaten alone in fallades, but joyned

e agtllie‘ Eerbsaas I-ettuce,PurfIain,and fuch like,that itmay alfo temper the coldneffe of them, 0C et doth,neither do we know what other vfe this herbe hath.

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CH AP. 12.. 0fCjar(len Crefllar. 1;‘ The Dfirzptian.

I Q . G_Arden Creffes or Towne Creifes hath fmall narrow jagged leaues,‘iharpe and buming in “fie-The fialkes be round a cubite high which bring forth many f mall white floures, and

feeds 05%;‘ little Hat husks or feed ve[Yels,like £0 thoie ofihepheards purfe,wherin are contained

2 T3 ro_wne reddifh colour.The root dieth when the feed is ripe.

Offee here is another kinde in tafie like the former but in leaues far differengwhich I recollerecl _s,fent me from Roéinm dwelling in Paris. The: Ptalkes rife vp to the height of a foot, gami-

ked agéth manybroad leaues deeply cut or indented about the cdgesgthf middleof the leafe is dec.. li1{eacu£:;1%t$'niflied with many little fmall leaues or rather ihreds of Ieaues, which make the fame

_ 3 e_fanne of feathers.'I‘he feed is like the former in {hapch

larger Pamfh Cre_fI'es rifeth forth of the ground like vnto Bafill 5 afterwards the 1531135 grow ‘ »".'.‘1.‘l b,.K93.d,,e1_'plll{C_ tliole ofMarigo1ds;amongfl-. the which riferh rip a crooked lymmcr galka X 3 . .- _ .. _. . {W Cm: