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z 1 he fmall gardenRadifh hath Icaues like the former,but fmaller,and more brittle in band- 

 ling.Thc ftalke is two cubits high,vvhercon be the flonres like the former.The feed is fmallerand 

 nnt f " "larpe in tafte. The root is fmall, long, white both within and without, except a little that 



lnewes it felfe aboue the ground,of a reddifh colour. 



3 Radifti with a round root hath leaucs like the garden Turnep : among which leaues fprings 

 vp a round and fmooth ftalke,diuiding it felfe toward the top into two or three branches,wherco n 

 grow fmall purplifti tf oures made of foure leaues apiece : which beeing paft, there come in p] ace 

 fmall cods puft vp qr bunched in two,and fometimes three places, full of pith as the common R a 

 difli j wherein is contained the feed , fomewhat fmaller than the Colewort feed, but of an hotter 

 tafte.Thc root is round and firme,nothing waterifli like the common Radiflynore pleafant in tall 

 wholfomcr,notcaufing fuch (linking bclchings as the garden radifti doth. ■ 



4 The Radifh with a peare-fafhioned root groweth to the height of three or foure cubits ofa 

 bright reddifti colour. The leaues are deepely cut or jagged like thofe of the Turnep, fomewhat 

 rough. The flourcs are made of foure leaucs ofa light carnation or flefli colour. The feed is con 

 tamed in fmall bunched cods like the former. The root is faftioned like a Peareor long Turnep 

 black without and white wirhin,of a fume and folid fubftance. The taft is quick and iharp.bitine 

 the tongue as the other kinds of Radi(li,but more ftrongly. 5 



3 Rtffunus orbiculatut. 



Round Radifti. 



4 Rafhanm pyriformu t Jiue radice nigra. 



The blacke or Peare-faChion Radiih. 









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All the kindes of Radifli require a loofe ground which hath bin long manured,and is fomc»vhat 

 fat.They profper wel in fandy ground,where they are not fo fubieft to worms as in other grounds. 



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Thefe kinds of Radifti arc mod fitly fown after the Summer folftice, in Iune or Iuly ; for being 

 fown betimes in the fpring,they yeeld not their roots fo kindely nor profitably, for then they ** 

 for the moft part quickly run vp to the ftalkand feed, where otherwife they donotfloureand fc«J 



till the next fpnng following. They may be fown ren moneths in the ycare,but as I laid, the bew 

 time is in June and Iuly. 



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