AND COMPLETE HERBAL. — @6x 
engled hufks, wherein grow black feeds; the root is round and bulbous, not much 
unjike an-onion, 3 
' ‘The other narciffus, with the yellow cup or circle in the middle, has blades longer _ 
and broader, and not fo green as thofe of thefirft, the ftalks are longerand thicker, 
and upon-every one of them ftandeth three or four piles like unto the firft, except 
that they are yellow in the middle. 
- There is another kind that is yellow in the middle, and bears poaaiat he more belts: 
“which are fmaller than thofe before defcribed. 
Prace. The firft two kinds grow plentifully in many places of F rance, as Bur- 
gundy, Languedoc, &c. in rieadows and paftures ; but in this country, they grow 
only in gardens where they are planted. 
Time. They flower chiefly in March and 1 April, though fome of them bloom not 
until the beginning of May. 
TemPERaTURE AND Virtues, Venus challengeth the dominion over thefe plants. 
The root of it is hot and dry in the third degree ; the which root being boiled 
or roafted, or taken in meat or drink, —provoketh the ftomach to vomiting; the - 
fame pounded with a little honey is good to be applied to burnings or fcaldings, and 
cureth finews that are hurt or fprained, and is good to help diflocations, or mentbers 
out of joint, being applied thereto ; ; it alfo giveth eafe in all old griefs and pains: of 
the joints. The roots of narciffus taketh away all fpots of the face, being mingled 
with nettle feed and vinegar, and applied; itmundifieth and cleanfeth corrapt and 
" Fotten ulcers, and tipeneth and breaketh hard impofthumes, if it be mixed with che 
meal of vetches and honey, and ufed in the manner of a poultice; and being mixed 
with the meal of juray and honey, it draweth forth eens and seit 
es EE 5 DAFFODIL 
Names. THIS kind of daffodil is alfo called lide-lilly, Senta ft it isonet j in 
March, which month in fome countries is called bitty ia eee: knowr 
by the name of daffadown-dillies. — 
Description, It hath long, narrow, green leaves, the ftalkes are round, upon — 
which grow yellow flowers, of an unpleafant fmell ; after which come round knops 
or hufks, like fittle heads, wherein the feed is contained; it hath abundance of 
roots, which grow thick together, and increafe by new {prigs and blades, whereby 
at: {preadeth and ———— fo that the increafe of this plant 
Back i does Rot ¢ grow nally in this xoaany but in ee ‘ 7 
