Lib. 1 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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lv be hearkned vnto.that fuppofe this herb to be a harmlefle piant:fo toconclude,thefe plants 

 are moa venomous and fall of poifon,and therefore not tobe touched or fmelled vnto,much lefie 

 vfed in meat or medicine. 



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Chap. Z50 



Of the Flour e of the Sun, or the Marigold of P, 



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He Indian Sun,or the golden floure ofPeru,isaplantof fuch ftatureand talneifc,that 

 in one fumrner, beeing fowne of a feed in April!, it hath rifen vp to the height of four- 

 tcene foot in my garden^where one floure was in weight three pound and two ounces, 

 fccrofleouerchivartthe floure by mcafure fixteen inches broad, fheftalksarevpright & ftraighr,' 

 oithebigneflbofaftrongmansarme, befet with large leaueseuen to the top, like vnto the great 

 Clot bur : at the top of the ftalk commeth forth for the moft part one floure, yet many times there 

 fpring out fucking buds which come to no perfeftion : this great floure is in Chape like to the Ca- 

 momil floure,befet round about with a pale or border of goodly yellow leaues, in fhape like the 

 leaues of the floures of white Lillies : the middle part whereof is made as it were of vnfhorn vel- 



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of a candleftick broken from the foot thereof; from which fmall nolle fweats forth excellent fine 

 and deare turpentine,in fight,fubftance,fauor,and taft.The whole plant in like manner being bro- 

 icn (melJcth of turpentine : when the plant groweth to maturitie the floures fall away, in place 

 « hereof appcareth the feedback and large,much like the feed of Gourds,fct as though a cunning 

 workman had of purpofe placed them in very good order,much like the hony-combs of Bees : the 

 rootn nrnite,compaa of many ftrings,which perifh at the firftapprocb of Winter,and muft bee 

 cm molt perfed dunged ground : the manner how fhall be (hewed when vpon the like occafiori 

 ili:allipeakc of Cucumbers and Melons. 



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The greater Sun-floure. 



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The Idler Sun-floure 



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