Lib. Z. 



Of the Hfftoric of Plants. 



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t£ 7 he Dcftripticn. 



x HT" 1 He firft being the manured or garden Sperage,hath at his firft rifing out of the ground 



I rhicke tender fhoots very (bfcand brittle, of thethickneffe of the greateft fwans quill, 



in tafte like the green bcan,hauing at the top a certaine fcaly foft bud , which in time 



gfOiveth to a branch of the height of two cubits^diuided into diuers other fcnallerbrancheSjWher- 



rviart it t miw Ittr ic leaues like haires, more fioetbiO the leauesof Dill i amongft which come 



forth ftnail nioOfu ycllowifh flourcrs which yceld forth the fruit, green at ftic firft, afterward as red 



a$ Corall, of the bigneffe of a fmall peafc; wherein is contained groflc blackifh feed exceeding; 



\ Vc haue in our mividi and low grounds ncerc vnto the fea 5 a Sperage of this kihde which 

 diffacth a little from that of the garden^nd yet in kindc there is no difference at all, but onely in 

 manurin^by which all things or mod things are made more beautifull and larger. This may bee 

 calkJ .** pdrMgifi p.tlu(lrff y m&riih Sperage^ 



4 K^4lp.iragusfylveJlriS4CNlf4tus. 



Wilde prickly Sperage. 



5 i^ijfaragus fyhcftrisftmfa Clufij , 



Wilde thorny Sperage. 







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raV e T r ft "Vff° t5jao ? bM 5 ches> ^ ,nBcl,atthofcfine haif y Ieaucs which arc inthegarden Spe 



"Scare fofc.blunumd tender . and ntnisiviM Wr 3 <r P rt«imJ„«i,.4..:.)::„ s . pe . 



*^Z^}^^. rcund ' of thc « of 3 ****** wi -id , 



garic • the'nbn/^ V^ d f ** c h *?? ?" Iaft ^ fcribcd > b ™g a *iM Sperage of Spain and Ffctf- 

 ■* the branch ' «AE? 5 „ r ' Wlth j^P? lho , rne f s - thrce or f ourc commtng forth together, * 

 ninIn'Tl! n 5 eS ^^ , T S '?P5M n l Fl V fc r n : thc *»« « black when it is riband A.I ofag*e- 



.fometimcsone^othcrwhiles two in a berry: cheroots 



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are like the others,but greater and tougher. 



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