1.413. I.

58 Of the Hiﬁorie ofP1antS.

f‘~“”Td Cane is not vfed in phyﬁcke but is elleemed to make flears for \/Veauers, ee or I

The great - " d 1 that Ptand before Images, and to make hedges and fundryvforts of pipes, as alfo to ilght can es

- les ‘as wedo oflats and fuch like3and alfo to make certaine diuiﬁons in {hips $0 diuide oranges from the f0wre,thePomecitron and lemmons likewife in funder, an many or er

putpofes .

CH AP. 51.. Of Sztgm‘/C471?»

‘Me Defvription. _ _ h f C 's a lealant and proﬁtable Reed, hauing long fialkes feuen or erg t. oot I Vligijrrh ‘iii/etiied di kneed like vnto the great Cane ; the leaues come forth of euery ;oynt A O in]. fde of the {lalke one, like vnto wings, long, narrow, and fharpe pointed. The - “Sm eugyrkl is not hollow as the other Canes or Reeds are, but full, and Pruffed witha Cane It re 6’ Ofrf ch (? itaileexceedino fweet. The root is great and long, creeping along Within fpongeous mi)’; ndrth which is likewife fweet and pleafant,but lelfe hard or woody than other the Vpper Cm d0 flee theiwhich there doth {hoot forth many young {iens,which are cutaway Canes or REF 5 5 mm} lant becaufe they fhould not draw away the nouriihment f1'0m tliﬁf Old from the mama or [For mrifmreihes a little inoifture, or elfe fome fubﬂance not much worth, and ﬁOcf1'{e,1anE fokgﬁavliietbtirren and thernfelues little the better 5 which fhoots do ferue for plants to can et 1e 0e e I , ' - fer abroad R” encmafa qr T1zciPlace.

The Sugar Cane groweth in many parts of Europe at this day, as in Spaine, Portugal,Olbia, and in Pro- uence. It gtoweth alfo in iiarbarie, generally almoft euery where in the Canarie lflands, and in thofe of Madera,in the Ealt and \/Veil Ind1es,and many other

Lﬂmmﬁ S accbarinag Sugar (3 ant.

places. My felfe dig plant fome (hoots thereof in my 1 .

garden, and fome Flanders did the like: but the

coldneﬁ‘3o£‘our clymat made an end of mine, and ‘I

think the Flemmings will haue the like proﬁt ofthelr‘

labour.

T Q] 1766 Time. _ This Cane is planted at any time of the years In

thofe hot countries where it doth naturally grow,by

reafon they feare no frolis to hurt the young fh00tS at

their firft planting. '

‘ V The Names.

The Latines haue called this plant Arumlo Sacclm-~ rim, with this add itament, I;2dz'ca,becauf e it_ was firft knowne or brought from India. Of fome it is called, Calamm Sara/mmtu: .- in Englil.h,Suga1' C3116 3 In Dutch, supicketrieht.

M In The Namre ma’Vertz¢e.'

The Sugar or juice of this Reed is of a temperate qua.litie5 it drieth and cleanfeth the Pcomacke, ma-A, keth fmooth the roughneffe of the breﬁ and lungs,

\ /7, / i , ' cleareth the voice,and putteth away hoarfenelfe, {he

~ cough,and all {ourenelfe and bitterneﬂ‘e,as Ifmzc faith

a‘ Q] T561/f':’. * _

Ofthe juyce of this Reed is made the moi’: pleafant and proﬁtable fweer, called Sugar,where-

' ~ Ade inﬁniteconfe.9cions,confeétures, Syrups and fuch like, as alfo preferuing and COH- Oflsma f fundry fruits,hetbes,and ﬂoures, as Rofes,Violets,Rofemary ﬂoures,and fuch iikﬁa fen-H-ng 9 r ‘tie with them the name of Sugar,as Sugar Rofet,Sugar Violet &:c. The which whld} ﬁlii re-aid uire a eculiar volume,and not pertinent vnto this hiﬂorieifor that it is not towme (zifwrfhutlrraliiieqof mypbooke a Confeé’rionary,a Sugar Bakers furnacefa Gentlewoméms

_ In pur e . . . n . - matter thatl purpofed to handle in t re Cglnnmrn ‘ t 1- >t C v P P5‘ 93:3“ P

. _ . ‘ ' . - 1 d ‘ _ ‘If (fed; ,3; Plants_ N0m>,§g1,ﬁ,md,ng I thinke it not airiille to {hew rnto you the or €l‘1l'lgOf[hx. e iwhm

L 1 B. I. Of the H.if’torie of Plants. 2,9

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when they be new gathered, as I receiued it from the mouth of an Indian my ﬂ=_1'u9,m: ghﬁ fag :31} They cut them in fmall pieces, and put them into a trough made of om »vl_10lc’ttee, wl;~.emin l_"i‘1{?Vf Puﬁa great Prone in manner of a mill-fionegvhereunto theyﬁtie a god}, bulile, or fome other be.a£l: ‘:Vi'llCi1 draweth it round: in which trough they put thofe paeces of (Lanes, and fo cruih grind them as we doe the barkes oftrees for Tanners,0r apples for Cyder. But in fome places they V11; :1 great wheele wherein ﬂaues doe tread and walke as dogs do in turning the fpit : and fome others feed as it were the bottoitre of the faid wheele, wherqe-in are form that pe or hard things which

De cutand ciufh the Canes into powder. And fome liaewile haue found the inuention to turne the wheele with waterworks, as we doe our iron mills. The Canes being thus brought into duli: :;%(])(V)V;de;,Che}? put them into great cauldrons with a little water, where they ‘bong Vﬁtnl [hem b,__._ Mk hie wcetneffe left in the crufhed reeds. Then one they ftraine them through mace or fuel} _ (ff Jugs, and put theliquor to boile againe vnto the conlifience of l‘lOIlV,Wl‘]1Cil being cold is like vntofand both in thew and handling, but fomewhat fofter 5 and fo afterwards it is éargried

lﬂlllfti allparts ofEurope,Whei'e it is by the Sugar Bakers artiﬁcially purged and :7'5;l.il1€Ei to that: W iteneffe aswe fee.

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CH A P. 31. Of!”/owing Reed.‘

L/1”W6~’0 ﬂaricliz. 1]] 7/76‘ Dz’/i‘7"z'pt2”oI?.‘ Plouring Reed, .

‘ Lourifhing Reed hath athickeand fat ftalke of foure or fine foot high, great below neere the ground, and frnaller toward the top, taperwife 5

whereupon do grow very iaire broad leaues full ofribs or ﬁnewes like vnto Plantaine, in {hape reprefenting theleaues ofwhite I-Iellebor, or the great Gentian, but much broader and larger euery way 3 at the top of which ftalkes do grow phantaﬁicke ﬂoures of a red or Vermilion colour -, which being faded, there follow round,rough, and prickly knobs, like thofe ofSpzzrg4..' m‘zmz,or water—Burre,ofa browne colour,and from the middle of thofe knobs three fmallleaues. The feed contained in thofe knobs is exceeding blackgol’ a per- fe8c roundneffe, of the bigneﬂe ofthe fmail-all peafe. The root is thicke,knobby,and £l‘liJ€t0uS,Wi'£i1 certain fmall threds ﬁxed thereto. ft There is a variety of this, hauing ﬂoures of a yellow or Saiiion colour, with red joints. CUT '1‘/Je Place. A

It ‘groweth in Italy in the garden of Padua, and many other places of thofe hot regions.My felfe hau planted it in my garden diners times, but itneuer came to flouting or feeding,for that it is very impatiu ent to endure the injurie of our cold clymat. It is a natiue oftlie \/Vet’: Indies.

p qt TM rm.

It mull be fet or fowen in the‘beginn.»'ng ofAprill," in a pot with line earth, or in a bed made with horfe— dung,and fome earth firawed thereon, in fuch manner as Cucumbers and Musk*e—l\~lelons are.

11 T62 mgzmes. Indim is diuerfly attributed to fundry of the Reeds, but prinr:ip3”Y VMO m,Canm:corw : Oi others, g/lrzrﬂdoﬂaridit, and H,1r;md'g_ﬂorjd,; ; in Eliglifh, the

thiTh€ nameirjwimfa Sscélled ofLobclz' Curing Reed .

_ qr 7'/J6 N attire zm76[VL’7’fil£’.7, “ » . 3' thing fer downe as touching the temperature and vertues of _th1S lrlourifhing he Ancients, or of the new or later Vvritersg

There is not an fed; either of t

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