I,IB.2. 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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C h a p. 1 1. Of 'Tarragon 



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Tarragon 





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% The Defer if tion 



Arragon the fallade herbc hath long and 

 narrow leaues of a deep green colour, grea- 

 ter and longer than thofeof common Hyf- 

 fope,with {lender brittle round ftalkes two cu- 

 bitus high : about the branches whereof hang 

 Jittle round floures,neuer perfe&lyopened, of a 



Wormewood 



of 



brous,creeping far abroad vnder theearth,as doe 

 the roots of Couch-grafle, by which fprouting 

 forth it increafeth,yeelding no feed at all, but as 

 it were acertaine cbaifieor duftie matter that 

 flieth away with the winde. 



^ The Place, 



Tarragon is cherirtied in gardens, and is en- 

 creafed by the young /hoots : RtielLius and fuch 

 others haue reported many ftrange tales hereof 

 fcarce worth the noting, faying, that the feed of 



,doth bring forth this herbe 



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It is greene 



ofAutumne.a 



% The Time. 



f[ The Names. 



Vr agon ct Hum 



It is called in Latine, Drace, Dracunculus hsrZ 

 tenfis>and Tragum vulgare by Clufius ■ of the Ita- 



Jt is rhouehr h h -r / ™* w > iU cn 5 u m> * arragon. 

 ittle thereof thatflSi^^^/f^ 1 ^?^ * his ^^cha P ter:but he writeth fo 



mention otTarcfoo. 



maketh 



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Tarrapnn ;« i,^ - jj . .™ ' ae temperature and re 



»Uh ££tab£ l"Z » '* • *" d ?S^ ^d not to 

 like « RocS LL ^ ~--^ d ?* H ke > th " *' 



be eaten alone in fallades, butjoyned 



neither do we know what other vfe this herbe ha th 



HAP. Ii 



OfCjarden Creffes 



«JJ" The Defcript 



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G?Kffi e ?^ 



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feed 



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> f a browne reddf^i?' le ~ * eflfek .like to thofc of toepheards p 

 There is anothlf c , olour - The root dieth when the feed is ripe. 



I white floures, and 

 herin are contained 



me 



to the height of a foot, garni- 

 th? middle of the leafe is dec~ 



^S'rmmcd with manv -uSSi F ut ^dented about the edgestthe middle of 



TY^nerffcS ™^ ! ? Ue !°r ather *"***<* leau «. which 

 l 3 s p3ni (h r£ir • 5 : V 16 fced IS hke the for n»er in fcaoe 



^*C^ffl^ * *■ g-und l lk evnSB P a e ull . afterwards the le 



settioleofMangoldsjamongft the which rifeth vp a crooked Jym 



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k where- 



