

Lib. 2.. 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



pit 



M clones aqnatici cdrdcs Virginian* 



The Virginian water- Melon. 



This Melon or Pompion is l.kc and fully as bigas the common Pompion.in fpreading running 

 creeping branchcs 5 !ea«es,flourcs,and clafping tcndrels : rhe fruit is of a very blackift arcene of 

 lour,and exrendech it fclfe in length neere fourc inches,and three inches broad, no bigger nor Ion" 

 gcr than a great apple, and grow alongft the branches forth of the bofomes of the Ieaues not farre 

 from the rootfituti to the top, of rhe branches,containing a fubftance, pulp, and flat feed like the 

 ordinacie Pompion : the root is ivhuia,,and difperfeth it fclfe very far abroad in the eartb,and pe- 

 ri rticthaboiu the bediming of Winter. Odob.10.1621. HhnGoody.r.t 



% The Place. 



AH tlvfc Melons or Pompions be garden plants , they ioy beft in a fruitful! (oik, and are com- 

 mon in Ln^hnd.cxcept the laft delcnbed,which is as yet a ftran^cr. 



«ff The Time. 



TI y are planted in the beginning of April! ; they floure in Auguft : the fruit is ripe in Sep. 



tember. 



«f The Names. 



1/ 7W jxames. 



;Thcgreat Melon or Pompion is named in Greek m~: in Latine likcirifcftmhc fruits of rhem 



hvhenthev benoeareca cdf)vammmnn^m a ;n n~*u- . • ^_ J~ .-. " C1U 



pion 



Itn) h 



or Pom- 

 tobecal- 



Id w~. that is to fay m Uun^Pepo Cucumertlisfx Cucumber. Mw,//^.^., writes That 



Ctcnntctrs when rhev exceed m Pr&atnofTp ari> riU,>A d,««~*. . :-:-_.n_ / • . • , L ? ' . _:.'" . s 



#epoenen 



#!tifter 



a. 



f The Nature and Vettues. 



lenfinafcu 



cither the Gourd^uronjOr Cucumber,as oV<?» hath written. 

 The pulp of the Pompion is ncuer eaten raw.but boiled . for fo it doth more cafilv defcend ma 



cltl h Cl,y /°H Ub,C r- The rf^ 1 Wh, ' Ch C ° meS her ^° f is ""le ) thin,moiftXofd bX 

 ££rt3»U it c t r H a ,y r whc " ■ » «J.J«" d '"g^ed 5 by reafon wherof it maketh a man ap 

 and ready to fail into the difeafe called the Cholencke paflion.or Felonie. P 



jneieed clcnieth more than themeatjitprouokethvrin.and is good foi 



«'lth the fton<»nfrlv»IriMr»;»r ' & 



but fo nr^?? 1 ^ iSa?* ? a r d b " ttc (? d ? fs n r ot ? n,v a g°° d and wholfome meat for mans bodie, 

 J^fop«pafcd a « M allba phyiical mcdicinefbrrocfaas baucan faor Aomack^od cfaein^aRl parts 



mtltlttV T h - S? &S fa, . UC fliced a " d ^ ried in3 P a ™'*tn butter, is alfoagood and wholfome 

 ESLr 1 baked . m ,? *P* n an ow ^ fi«» the body with flatuous or windy belching, and"? 



.; 



• m 



t 9 



HAP 



• 54*- 



Ofmlde ^Pompions. 



tfc 



Melon 



there certain wilde Pompions that befoof their own nature. Thefe brine forth rouMi 



as be rhnr„ J , ? lth ' liar P thorn y P rickIes : the Ieaues be Iikewife rou gh> the floures yellow 

 tdS tht ; S ard - Wffom «** P*" is Ieffer : the root is thicke,round 3 and (2™' 



Iikerhor e S J r h f ? g T " n ndG ithe u PU ' pe ° r meat Where0f ' and the middlc P ith - with the feed are 

 ^"Sjeofthc garden Ponipio nj but very bitter in tafte. ' "^'^^are 



he fecond is hke vnto the former,but it is altogether Iefkvvherein confifts the difference 



6 °* not ,n th ^e part Sj except they be fowne. 



«U The Place. 



)ft parts of the Eaft and Weft 



Their ti 



«J The Time. 



time of flouring and flourifhing anfwers that of the garden Pompion, 



Hhhh 



3 



17 



jht 



A 





B 



for thofe that are troubled C 



D 



E 



