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Of the Hiilorieof Plants* 



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THE SECOND BOOKE 



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THE HISTORIE OF PLANTS 





Containing the VefcriptionJPlaceyYiniey^h^mes^^ature^and 



Vertues of all forts ofHerbes>for meat, medi 



faeet-fme Uing T)Je 3 &c 



EE haue in our firft booke fufficiently defcribed the Grafles-RuOies^ 



Flags, Come, and bulbous rooted Plants, which for the raoft part are 

 fuch as with their braue and gallant floures deck and beautifie gardens 

 and feed rather the eies than the belly. Now there remain certain other 

 bulbsjwhereof the mott,though not all/erue for food ; of which we will 



alio difrmirff* in tht> (TrfY r»l^r>/» in tVi;<> k~~t,„ j:..:j: i_ • ** » 



of on 



them 



paftoucithefe,i 

 cxtcrnallform. 



ling thefe and fuch as next fucceed rhem,we flhal treat of diners, yea the 

 moft part of thofe herbs that the Greeks call by a general I nameA<>* : 



andthcLatines,<?/<rtf.-andweinEnglifli,SaUet-herbs.Whenwehaue 

 fnal fpeake of other plants,as they flial haue rcfemblance each to other in their 



HAP. I. 



OfTt 





umeps 



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T^t^ffe tSt^ Turne P, s » f °mewiId,fome of the garden • fome with round roots globe 

 and of a!! 2£ llZT. l° r P^-faftion , and another fort longim or fomewhar like a wtdiOi i 





I 



^[ The DefcriftioHt 



urnep hath long rough and grcene Ieaues , cut or fnipt about the edges with 



regathes. The ftalkediuideth it felfe into fundry branches or armes, bearing 



at tne top fmall floures of a yellow colour.and fometimes of a Iieht purplewhich 



beingpaft there do fucceedlong cods full of fmall blackifl, feed like Rape feed : 



J*"«* m round like 



1 «* ground-and often (U™T^r7c"T* * "^ U r mc "" cu ""V" ,cu » tn > S romn g very flialiow 

 * = This" S*" 60 dewing it felfeaboire the faceof cheearth. 



^ fc 6fliioncdaiAilfo C^ W i to ^ h "^^ but tha "be root is not made foclobous or 



We W «:..-_ 3S Reformer, but flendercr. and much lon^r. a« vr,,. m.„ -*„-:... u?' . ^ 



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ger ; as you may perceiue by the fig 



fnc «cr intafte'il S^fif & like * nto the firft ^^ribed/auing that it is fcflbr. 



4 Ther.^I feI l ehaue °ften proued. 



The 



whofc 



Sevenl'h^ t and « 



4ifc > e »ovv both within and without , fome alfo are greene on the 



ThcT 



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f 



urDe P profpereth well in a light loofe and fat earthed fo Mk as *«rm c*fi~~*. — , 



' - that 



