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Of the Hiftorie of Plants; 



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}o '^ ^J The Temperature andyertues. 



1 ne temperature and vertues be referred to tfle common Potato's,beine likewife if 

 a meat for pleafure, equall in goodneftb and wholefomneiTe to the fame, beine either a f a,! "° 

 embcrs,or boiled and eaten with oiIe,vineger and pepper,or dreffed fome other wav hJSI ? in . lke 

 a skilfnll Cooke. y Dy tbe ha ^ of 



* Baubim faith,That he heard that the vfe of thefe rodcs was forbidden in BoureonHo , l 

 they call them Ind ian Artichokes) for that they were perfuaded the too frequent vfe of L 

 fed the leprofie. t it mem c 



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Of the garden tZMalfw called Hotijbocfa 



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Mallovves 



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1 (hore,others of the field,both which are wilde. And fi/iVof the garden Mallow ^rHollikc" 





I Maluahortenfis. 



Single garden Hollihock 





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tfea/i, 



lagged ftrangc Hoilihock. 





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^f The DefcrifttioH 



Hetame or garden Mallow bringeth forth broad round leauesof a 



.rhiuApSS 



lour, rough,and greater than thofe of the wilde Mallow: ] the ftalkeis ft J k ' &mt 



height of foure or fix cubits ; whereon do grow vpon ^ Dda ^ f^t el ° m e$ *»"'' 

 tw . much vnlike to the wilde Mallow,b« greater,confiftingonly of fiue leaues, iot ^ .^ rJ|Cir 



or red,now and then of a deep purple colour,varying diuerfly as Nature lift to P. ,a . y ^ c0 f flatted 

 nlaces eroweth vd a round knoo like a little cake comoaft or made vp of a muic i 



knop like a little cake,compa<ft 



places groweth vp a round knop like a little cake,compa<3 or made vp oi * •»" 



like little cheefes. The root is 1oDg 1 white,tough,ea fily bowe^nd growetb deep j 



the gn® 



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