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tbaliris prattnfts afar. 



Pcarle-graffc. 



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i^ilopecuros. 



Fox-taile. 



Quaking Phaforis groweth i 

 in dry medovvcs. 



3 This growes naturally in fome parts of Spain, and 

 ' is fowne yearely in many of our London gardens. 



% The Time. 



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May 



ripe in Auguft. 



5J TheT^jmes. 



i Canarie feed or Canarie Corne, is called of the 

 Grecians, *<.A* f /, ; the Latines retaining the fame Name, 

 Phaforis : in the Iflands of Canary,^*//-//?; > in Englifh, 



Canary feed,and Canarie GrafTe. 



2 Phaforis pratenfis is called alfo Gramen tremnlttm : 



in Cbefhire about Nantwich 3 Quakers,and Shakers ; in 

 fome places,Cow- Quakes. 



3 This by fome is termed Phaforis altera : Clufius cals 



it Gramen amourettes majus : Bauhiae , Gramen tremulum 



i maximum : in Englifh they call it Pearle grafle.and Gar- 

 den Quakers. 



^ ^J The Nature and Venues. 



I find nothing fet dovvne as touching the temperature 

 of Mrf/^notwithftanding it is thought to be of the na- 

 ture of Millet. 



The juice and feed (as Galen faith) are thought to be 

 profitablydrunkeagainftthepaines of the bladder. A- 



.pothecaries , for want of Millet, do vfe the fame with 

 good fucceffe in fomentations j for in dry fomentations 

 it ierueth in ftead thereof, and is hhfuecedaneum, ox quid 



fro quo.We vfe it in England alfo to feed Canary Birds. 





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Of Fox- Taile 









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Ox-taile hath many gratify leaues or 

 blades rough and hairy like thofe of 

 barIy,butlefTe and fhorrer.The ftalk 

 is likewifefoft and hairy ; whereupon growes 

 a fmall fpikeor eare.foftand very downy ..brift- 

 led with very fmal! haires in fhape like vntoa 

 Fox-taile,whereof it took his name, which di- 

 etb attheapproch ofvvinter, and rccoucreth it 

 felfe the next yeareby falling of his feed. 



t Thereis one or two varieties of this plant 

 * u - largeneffeand fmalneffe ftfrheeaief 



Be fides tliefe forementioned Grangers, 

 there is alfo another which grows naturally in 

 many watry fait places of this kingdom.e,as in 

 Kent by Dartford in EfTcx,&c. The ftalkcs of 

 this plant are grafly , and fome two foot hieh, 

 with leaues like Wheat or Dogs-grafle. The 

 eare is very largcbdng commonly four or flue 

 inches Iong,downy,foft like filk, & of a brow- 

 *»ifli colour. 



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