THE SECOND BOOKE or THE H;[STORti";Z GE PLA.N‘TS.

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~ E E haue in our firlt booke firffieiently defcribed the Grafl"es,Ru{l1es,f

q”/;/"'a"'-'«vvt,0/ , - 3 _ »_ Flags, Come, and bulbous rooted Plants, which for the rnofl: part are ' Z7] -1!’ 9'/"’¢ . ‘ fuch as with their braue and gallant flonres deck and beantifie gardens, and feed rather the eies than the belly. N ow there remain certain other

bulbs,whereofthe mofhthough not all,ferne for food : of which we will

alfo difcourfe in the firfl: place in this booke , diuiding them in firch f0rt,that thofe of one kinde {hal be feparated from another. at In hand»

ling thefe and fuch as next fucceed them,we (hal treat ofdiuers, yea. the

molt part of thofe herbs that the Greeks tall by a generall name A2-‘raw: 2

and the Latines,0lem : and we in Englifh,Sallet-herbs. When we haue

ake of other plants,as they fhal haue rcfemblance each to other in their

Pafi Ouer thefe,we fhal fpe externall form

CHAP. I; Of Turnepi.

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E 'Hfere be fundry fCiftS’Of'TurnepS,fOmC wild,{ome of the garden ; fome with round roots globe md ( F“fl“0fl;0thCr Ouall or peare-falhion 5 and another fort longillw. or fonrewhett like aRad1[h : J: all thefe there are {hnclry varieties,fon1e being great,and fome ofa {mallet fort.

lg‘ ‘T/ac Defer/'1.vt:'a;¢.

He Turnep hath long rough and greene leaues , cut or fnipt about the edges with

' , d€‘eP€ gafhes. The ftalke diuideth it felfe into fundry branches or armes, bearing

1 at the top fmall floures ofa yellow eolour,and fometimes ofa light purplezwhich

the _ ‘Q’ 43‘ being palhthere do fucceed long cocls full of {mall blackifh feed like Rape feed: in th‘UOt is round like a bowIe,and fometimes a little flretched out in length, growing very {hallowf

e %’°*‘_‘l*_Cl‘].fin_cl often fhewing it felfe about the face of the earth. . t A

bomfifaflj 15 is like the precedent in each refpeét, but that the root 13 not made To globous 015

we h . ioned 35 the fbrmer, but flenderer, and much longerizts you may perceiue by fhfi 53”‘? ere grue you. i . {Wit The finall Turnep is like vnto’ the firft del‘crib'ed,fauing that it is lex’l'er. The root is much Y ,

6 talle,as my felie haue often proued. . Whigf 5% is another fortof fmall Turnep faid to heme red roots ; it and ‘h‘“'‘3 3“: °the“f°m*’3 erootsa. , .. .. _' ~ *_f~ #4,‘ ome glackl. 3 @110“ both within and Without; fome alfo are greene on the out rde, an£10tlA€T,

Th‘ b q T/ye Place. _ - - _ , L Tumep profpereth well in a light loofe and fat earth,-an‘d fo lO0f¢;35 P9571?! Crffwriiim falfht ’ ' ' that