Plinies Neaturall Hiftoric. 
A nerof oldfeed.But the Beet feed hath a ftrange and wonderfull qualitie above the reft : for it will 
notcome up all in one and the fame yeare. Butfome in the firft,others in the fecond,and the retk 
in the third. And therfore fowas much feed asyou will,yet {hall you have it grow burindifferent- 
ly. There be hearbes which will growand beare but one yeare and no more :and there bec other 
againe which will continue many yeares together,as for example;Perfely,Porret and Chibbols, 
For,fowthefe but onceina garden,they will beare from yeareto yeare from the fame root, or els 
fowthemfelves, The moft part of hearbes do beare round feed, in fomethe feedsare long; in few, 
broad and flatin mannerofa leafe,asin Orach. Youfhall have feed alfo narrow and chamfered, 
like a gutter tile,as that of Cumin. Moreover, thereisa difference in colour,tor fome feeds bee 
*  white,othersblacke: in hardnefle alfo and foftnes;for fome be harder or fofter than otbers.Some 
B feedsatevery branch of the plant, arecontained within cods or bladdets, as we may fee inRad- 
dith,Senvic,and Turneps or Rapes. The feeds of Perfely,Coriander,Dill, Fennell and Canin, 
grownaked & bare.Bur that of the Bleet,the Beer,Orach and Bafil, is enclofed iva huske o7 hull. 
Ledtuce feed lieth within a downe, Astouching Bafillaforefaid nothing fru@ifieth morethan | 
it:andto the end that itmay come up in more plentie and abundance,they fay itfhould befowed | 
with maledictions and ill words; for the more that it is curfed, the better ic will fpeed:and_prof- 
per:yea,and when it isfowed, the mould of the bed muft be patted and rammed downe inman- 
nerof apavement. And more particularly they that fow Cumin, pray to Godtharit may. ucver 
come up.Such feeds as lie within an buske,hardly come'to be drie and ripe therin : but Bafilfeed 
efpecially,and Gith or Nigella Romana.Butthey muft be all chroughly dried beforethey be fees - 
C dow and fruitful, ‘This is general] in all hearbesthroughour, that they will thrive and growthe 
better,if theirfeed be fowed by heapes one upon another,than {cattering.. And certaincly both 
Leekes feed isfowneand Garilicke cloves {ecinthat wife, namely,bound up and tied together in 
fome clouts or rags wherein they be lapped.Asfor Perfely feed,againft it fhould be fowne,there 
would bee an hole madewitha little wooden dibbilor pin,and therein it muftbee put withfome | 
dung after it. Furchermore,all:garden hearbs come up either offeed andclovesferyorelsofflips | 
pulled fromthe mother-plant. Some grow offced and {prigs both,as Rue,Origan,and Bafill:tor 
even this hearbe alfo laftnamedwill abide cutting when it is come to be one handbreadth, or,a 
{pan high; and chofe cuntings will growif dey be planted. There bee that are maintained by root 
and ieed both,as Onions, Garlicke,and thofe which have bulbous roots:likewife,all fuctas when 
D they have borne yearely leave a root behind shem ftill in ftrength and vertue. Of tuch as grow of : 
rootsreplanted,theirroots continue long and braunch much, as wee may fee in the bulbes, in 
Chibbols and fea-Onions.Orhers putout braunches fufficient,but not from the head orroor,as 
Perfeleyand Beets. All hearbes for the moft part,do {pring and thute againe,if their ftalke be cue 
off ;unlefle it be thofethat havea fmooth fiem. And thisisgx0fl (eene in Bafill,Raddifh,and Le- 
&tuce,the items whereof are cut for many purpofes. And as for Le€tuce, nen hold, Thatthe Lats 
ter Spring thereof,when the firltis gone,tis thefweerer. Certaincly Raddithes earthe more plea- 
fantly, if their leaves bee cropt off before the maifter {tem or{pire be growne big. And this alfo 
we obferve in Rapes or Turneps : for if you {trip them alfofrom their leaves andcover them over 
head withearth, yet will they growall Winter and continve till Summer following . Touching 
E Bafill,Sorrell,red Porret or Bleets,garden Crefles, Rocket, Orach,C oriander.they are all of one 
fort,& fingular in their kind : for fow them where you will,they be the fame ftill, neither are chey 
beter in one place thanin another. Icis acommon received opinion,that Rue will growthe bet- | 
ter if it bec filrched out of another mans garden: and itis as ordinarie afaying, that itellen Bees 
will thrive worft.Some hearbs there be which come without fowing or {etting,as wild Mine,Nep, 
Endive,and Peniroyall.B uthowfoever there be but one fingle kind ofthofe befarerchearfed,yet 
onthe contraric fide,there be many forts of others, whiche we have alreadie fpoken of, and will 
write more hereafter, and principally of Ach or Perfeley. Ail 2f 
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Re Of Garden hearbis which ferve for tofeh{on our meats: their divers matures,their funa- — feeme thax Pls 
rie kinds and {iverall hiftories related,ta the number of 36, | eee 
: ie gee “5 . ye i Bu a wheras indeed 
POxpion! kindof Ach which groweth of it {elfe in moift grounds with *oneleafe, and isnotiic is panourres 
rough ,but{mooth and plaine;is called in Greeke Heleofelinon,.Smallach. Againe; there igri eaves 
; 7 ‘i growing thin. 
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