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Of the Hiftorie of PJants 



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whereupon doegrow fmall tufts or fpokie rundles of white floures.The feed followeth,brovvneof 

 colour, and bitter in tafte.The whole plant is of a Ioathfomefmell and fauour. 



4 Stone-Creffegrowethflatvpon the ground, withleaues jagged and cut about the edges 

 like the Okelcafe,referabling well the leaues of Shepheards purfe. I hauenot feene theflourcs 

 and therefore they be not expreft in the figurejnotwirh (landing it is reported vnto mee, that thev 

 be fmal and white ofcolour,as are thofeof the garden CrefTes. The feed is contained in'fmal p 0u 

 ches or feed vcfleis,Iikethofe of Treacle muftard or Thlafpi. 



^[ The Place. 



CrefTes are fowne in gardens,it skils not what foile it be ; for thatthey like any ground efpecial 

 ly if it be well wa—"- 4 - * 4r »—'-** — J -«--' — * •— • <*■ -• • . ~\.f 



Birch in the pari... . B .„ 6WW ., w ,^„ „,,„,,, ^u^,™, 



plenty. Asalfo on the further fide of Blacke heath, by the highway fide leading from Greer* 

 wichtoLufara. + 



'atercd. t M. Bowles found the fourth growing in Shropfhire in the fields about 

 ifh of Elefmere,in the grounds belonging to M 1 . Richard Herbert, and that in great 



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Winter 



bringeth forth betimes both ftalke and feed : itdieth eucry yeare. and recouereth it felfeofW 

 Men or fhaken feed. «***«■ 



1 Nafittrtium hortenfe. 



Garden CrefTes. 



^J The limes. 



Naft 



CrefTes is called in Greeke «.>**» .• in Latine 



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ftetffCtandin French,Cr^» : the Italians^. 

 mtoMAgretto :offbme, Towne CrefTes, and 



_irdenKarfre.ItiscalIed^/«m*«,,as^wand 

 Pliny thinke, a narnbustorquendis, that is to fay of 



writhing the noftbrils, which alfo by the loath- 

 fome fmell and fharpenefTe of the feed doth caufc 



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Nafiurtium hortenfe Crtfp 



Garden CrefTes with crifpe,or curled ieauesIW 



fturttum Htftanicumpx Latifotium:Spa '" ~ * 



w<*#«a(andnotof 

 ) Stone C re fles. t 



«ir TheTmperature. 



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The herb of Garden CrefTes is'fharpe and bi- 

 ting the tongue j and therefore it is very horand 

 dne,but lefle hot whileft it is young and tender,by 

 reafonof the waterie moifture mixed therewith, 



by which thefharpnefTeisfomwhatallaied. 

 Tneieedisrauch more biting than theherbe, 



and is hot and dry almoft in the fourth degree. 



GaUn faith that the CrefTes may be eaten with 



vfualfv didl^Tw i« ' r> ^ Z • ^^'^^^ndfotheantientSpartanc 5 



viuany uidjand the low Country men many timesdo,who commonly vfe to feed nf ruffes vrith 



ShTel^S 



SclhtE^thfS ^ m^"*^ the Germanes call £>C0#ttC|) and ^rotbupe J in Latino, 

 VZ^a '^dme in E ng'and call the Scuruie,and Scurby,andvponthefea?theSkvrby: '** 

 asgoodandaseffeauallasthe Scuruie grafTe,or water CrefTes. P * ** ***** 



:xed with th 

 Dioprides faith 



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