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VIII. The Qualities, Specification, Trecaration. 

 and Virtues are the fame with Garden Cre/i in Chap 



CHAP. CLXVI. 

 Of CRESS MeadoTP, 



CUCKOW-FLOWER, Double. 



l^T^HE Names. 1 



theLsr'TioS 



Meadow Crefs, and Doi 



i called in Latin, Car- 



and in Englijh, Double 

 Double Cuckow'fiower. 

 aken as Garden Flowers, there 



of that Plant, which growing 

 thered Campions, both fingle and double : in Englijh 



fiowrcdjlant, kit ndier a pLntra^fiill'c 



"oubk-ilowr^ed. Thf fe two teing t°he faireft of all 

 the M-eadov) CreJJes or Cuckow-flowers, and for their 

 Beauty being brought into Gardens, we thought belt 



^"^I^rXhe^efCTiptionr Tl^e%ft double-floio. 

 has a Root which creeps under Ground, fending fo 

 many/mall white Fibres or Strings, andJh«ots up in 



scaUed, ( 



'opfereofhas afcL ^raZZ,' In Mft!nTfet 

 ''littkdS^^^^^^^ Z""^ ^^"' 

 a R!;/*'/"?J'^V"''K'^°'^'*^"^k°w-flower, has 

 thfUSi&fru/fo{T'''lf''' ^''"'"' ^'■""' 

 purple cZ %yM t't'JniriT^romihntot 

 fpring forth feveral dark, round, green Leaves, a 



nfe up f mall round, blachjh Stalks, fix, f even or 

 eight inches high, with three fmall Leaves at the 



of a whitijh, ^ orye'ry pafe blujh color. ThefC") 

 bang pajl, fnall, thick and long Pods come forth, in 

 V. The Places. The firft generally grows with 

 us in Gardens, but is alfo found Wild in divers parts 

 of England, as near Mitcham, about eight Miles 



They flower ufually in the end 



The Qualities, Specification, Preparations, 



CHAP. CLXVII. 

 Of CRESS JVM 



1 „io»^ j^ iye^or : in Latin, Najiurtium agrejie. 

 NafturuumSylveftre: in Engl,jh,iVild Crefl ^ ' 



II. T/;e Kinds. There are three which go under 

 the Name of Wild Crefs, viz. i. Najiurtium Sylve- 

 Na&t i'rih^cTr^'^''''^ ^ ^ ^" 



orRockCrefs.^' "-^ "''"""' ^^'•'^*^', The Stone 



m. The Defcriptions. Tl,e firft of thefe has a 

 ■woody Root, which perijhes after Seed time from 

 whence fpring forth many fmall, round and hard 

 Stalks, with feveral fmall, round and narrow Leaves 



7ome forTa ^rfat ZZ!rrf%'llwhte tlomerl 

 (but fame have been found with yellow flowers, tho" 

 not often) one ftanding above another. Spike fajhion, 

 after which appear Husks, containing fmall Seed. 



IV. Thefecond, or Caiolinian Wild Crefs, has a 

 long andflender Root, with many Fibres proceeding 

 from It, which alfo perijhes ever^Tear; from which 

 Root grows up a round, green and hairy Stalk, about 

 afoot high or more, and ij it grows in rich or fertil 

 Ground, fometmes about afoot and half high ; fome- 

 times but one Stalk grows up , andfometimes more -., 

 which Stalk or. Stalks fpread into Branches from the 



wwged Te%es, ^eryZuchivTiei^'^ikeunto'lhe 



