The Garden of pleafant Flowers. 



The Vertues. 



Theophraftus faith it doth wonderfully helpe to fatten fheepe : But fure 

 it is found by experience, that if it be giuen to man it caufeth ftrong cartings 

 both vpwards and downwards ; and therefore let euery one beware that 

 they vfe not this in fteede of good Sena, left they feele to their coft the 

 force thereof. 



CHAP. CXXIII. 

 Spartum Hifpanicum frutex. Spanifh Broome. 



ALthough Clufius and others haue found diuers forts of this fhrubby Spartum 

 or Spanifh Broome, yet becaufe our Climate will nourfe vp none of them, and 

 euen this very hardly, I mall leaue all others, and defcribe vnto you this one 

 only in this manner : Spanifh Broome groweth to bee fiue or fixe foote high, with a 

 woody ftemme below, couered with a darke gray, or afh-coloured barke, and hauing 

 aboue many pliant, long and flender greene twigs, whereon in the beginning of the 

 yeare are fet many fmall long greene leaues, which fall away quickly, not abiding long 

 on ; towards the tops of thefe branches grow the flowers, fafhioned like vnto Broom 

 flowers, but larger, as yellow as they, and fmelling very well ; after which come fmall 

 long cods, crefted at the backe, wherein is contained blackifh flat feede, fafhioned 

 very like vnto the Kidney beanes : the roote is woody, difperfing it felfe diuers waies. 



The Place. 



This groweth naturally in many places of France, Spaine and Italic, wee 

 haue it as an ornament in our Gardens, among other delightfull plants, to 

 pleafe the fenfes of fight and fmelling. 



The Time. 



It flowreth in the end of May, or beginning of lune, and beareth feede, 

 which ripeneth not with vs vntill it be late. 



The Names. 



It is called Spartium Grtzcorum, and Spartum frutex, to diftinguifh it from 

 the fedge or rufh, that is fo called alfo. Of fome it is called Genijla, and 

 thought not to differ from the other Genijla, but they are much deceiued ; 

 for euen in Spaine and Italic, the ordinary Genijla or Broome groweth with 

 it, which is not pliant, and fit to binde Vines, or fuch like things withall 

 as this is. 



The Vertues. 



There is little vfe hereof in Phyficke, by reafon of the dangerous quali- 

 tie of vomiting, which it doth procure to them that take it inwardly : but 

 being applyed outwardly, it is found to helpe the Sciatica, or paine of the 

 hippes. 



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