= Of Gourds. 
The Names, 
He Gourd is called in Greek, KoaoxdySa ed\edhuos, Colocyntha Edulis vis 
diftinguifh it from the wild or bitter Gourd called Colocynthi or Colo 
quintida :\n Latine, Cucurbitat a concurwatus (as it is thought) guod 
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» facile, fi quid obftiterit quo minus extendatur jincurve(cat becaufeit will 
grow crooked it there be any thing in its way, — 
| The Kinds, 
Of this kind of Gourds, Parkinfon reckoneth up feven forts, 1, The erearet 
bottle Gourd. 2. The lefler bottle Gourd, 3. The Lone Gourd. 4. The Buckler _ 
. or Simnell Courd. 5. Rugged Gourds, 6. Winter Gourds or Millions, — 
7» Round,Indian Gourds or Millions. 
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broad 
whereunto the fafined, and fometimes withont any {mall head bei 
ng many great. rough and hairy arms, and branches with {-veral : 
leaves, OF and almoft round : yet pointed at the ends, Ripe 2. i 
dulous or sca el not ftanding forth or u ight : within which fru, lie ee 
a | many fe 
uppet end or head, and fomewhat poinred below . wherein lyeth a fweer white 
ground, but perifheth ufually wich the firh 
Eee ‘The Places aud Time, 
les where they come to ripneffe, the rinds of them are fomerimes of that 
» having fmooth hard wooddy fhells,flat and broad at the 
kernel, ‘the er ings fj i ithi : 
erne root confifieth of ee {preading much within the — 
‘The Gourds are cherithed in the Gardens of thee cold Reejone. ver the fruit 
cometh to perfectmaturity, for want of bees ay aaa a 
Mile, shat they are wledto put in Turpentine, Oyl, Honey ;and alfo serve 
