LyIB. }. 



Of the Hifloric of Plants, 



1501 



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(, There is alfo found another fort hereof not ranch differing from the former,fauing that this 

 plant is greater in each refpc#,wherein efpecially confi fteth the difference. 



f ThcFLcc. 



Coluteacx baftard Sene groweth in diuers gardens.and commeth vp of feed ; it quickly comes to 

 perfeftion,iafomuch that if a (ticke thereof be brokenoff and thruft into the ground,it quickly ta- 

 kcth root,yca although it be done in the middle of fummer,or at any other time,euen as the fticks 

 of willow or Elder,as I my felfe haue often proued ; the which bring forth flours and fruit the next 

 yeare after. 



The fecond with fcorpion cods groweth likewife in my garden : the laft grovves in diuers barren 

 chiikv grounds of Kent toward Sittinburnr,Canturbury, and about Southflcct 3 1 haue not feone 

 tbero elfewhere : the reft are ftrangcrs id England. 



feed. 



^J The Time. 



cicr be well fpent, in the raear 



^f The Names. 



ifim in Greeke **m* t with th 





:>ng«* in the fecond fylla 



©eifcl) linfeti 



Uguenaudier : they aredeceiued thatthinke it to be Sena or any kinde thereof, although wee haue 

 followed others in giuing it to name baftard Scne,which name is very vnpropcrto it! in low Dutch ■ 

 it is called &CltC bOOttl t and we may vfe the fame name Sene tree in Englifh. 



This Colutea or baftard Sene differs from that plant «A*m with a; in the fecond fyllable,of which 

 Coktea Theofhrafius writetb,//^. 3 . t The fife is the Polygala Valentin* ofClufius. $ 



^f T he Temperature and Vert ues. 



Theophrdflus tior any other hath made mention of the temperature or faculties of thefc plants, A 

 more,tban that they are good to fatten cattel^efpecially flieep. 



t There were formerly in the fifth and u>h places here tWQ figures no way d-'rFcrent,but that which wis in th$ fixth place was a little larger, and LAeli title 

 tv^ich he puts in his leant oucr this,was dmided between chenj : For as you kc^ColutU mmma,fiic Corowllajrrzs oucr in the fife ^and Cttutujivc Tol^sls Vdctun* 

 Cfeftj'wiuoucr the fixt. 



HAP. 12. 



Of Liquorice . 



m The Dtfc 



I 



ooddy branches 



or three cubits,befet with leaues of anouerworn green color, confifting of many fmal 



leaues fet vpon a middle ribbc like the leaues oiColutea or the Maftick tree, fomewhat 



glutinous in handling : among which come fraall knops growing vpon fhort ftemmes between the 



leaues and the branches^cluftering togeth«r,and making a round form or (hape:out of which grow 



fmallblew flours of the colour of an Englifh Hyacinth: after which fuccced round rough prickly 



headsjConfifting ofdiuers rough and fcaly husks clofely and thicke compaft together,in which is 



contained a flat feed : the root is ftraight 5 yellow within,and browne without, of a fweet and plea- 

 fant taftc. 



The common and vfiiall Liquorice hath ftalkes and leaues very like the former, fauing that 

 wk leaues are greener and greater,and thefloures of a light fliining blew colour : but thefloures of 

 this are fucceeded bv loneifh cods that stow not fo thicke clufterine together in round heads as 



-—m^ 4BIW uaiu\cviiLuuig j. aic ; mc roots 



hke Box,and fweeter in tafte than the former. 



r j -- o . 



thousand yellow 



cods 





Thefe plants growwi 

 J? gardens in England, \ 



^ The Place. 



and 



parts 

 lantiog 





" gardens in England, whereof my garden hath plenty : the poore people of the North pa 

 England do manure it with great diligence, whereby they obtaine great plenty thereof,repla 

 ft e fame once in three or foure yeares. 

 I . . % ?he Time. 



Liquorice floureth in Iuly,apd the feed is ripe in September 





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