c / he (jar den of p leaf ant blotters. 
of a deeper red colour then in any other Cranes bill at the firft opening, and will 
change more blewiih afterwards : when the flower is part, there doth arife iuchhke 
beakes as arc in others of the fame kinde, but fmall : the roote is hard, long, and thitke, 
with diuers branches fpreading from it, of a reddifh yellow colour on the outfide, and 
whitilh within, which abideth and periflieth not, but fhootcth forth fome new greene 
leaucs, which abide all the Winter, although thofc that turne red doe fall away. 
Geranium Creticum. Candy Cranesbill, 
Candy Cranesbillbeareth long and tender ftalkes , whereon growe diuers broad 
and long leaues, cut in or iagged on the edges : the toppes of the ftalkes are branched 
into many flowers, made of flue leaues of areafonablebigneffe, and of afaireblew 
or watcher colour, with a purplifh poiwell in the middle, which being pad, there fol- 
low beake heads like other Cranes bils, but greater , containing larger , greater , and 
fhar per pointed feede, able to pierce the skinne, if one be not warie of it : the roote is 
white and long, with fome fibres at it, and perifheth when it hath perfeded his feede, 
and will fpring of it o wnc lowing many times, if the Winter be not too fharpe, other- 
wife (being annuali) it rauft be fownc in the Spring of the yeare. 
The Place. 
Moft ofthefe Cranes bils are ftrangers vnto vs by nature,but endenizond 
in our Englifli Gardens. It hath beene reported vnto mee by fome of good 
credit, that the fecond or Crowfoot Cranes bill hath been found naturally- 
growing in England, but yet I nener faw it, although I haue feen many forts 
of wildc kindes in many places. Matthiolus faith that the firft groweth in 
Dalmatia and Illyria very plentifully. Camerarius, Clufius, and others, that 
moft of the reft grow in Germany, Bohemia, Auftria,&c. The laft hath 
his place recorded in his title. 
The Time. 
All thefe Cranes bils doc for the moft part flower in Aprill, and May, 
and vntillthcmiddleoflunc. The variable or ftripc Cranesbill is vfually 
the lateft of all the reft. 
ThcNamcs. 
The firft is vfually called Geranium tuber afum, of fome Geranium bulbafum t 
of the likeneffeof the roote vnto a bulbe: It is without controueriie Gera- 
nium primum of Diofcorides. The fecond is called Geranium Gratia Dei, of 
others, Geranium caruleum. The blew Cranes bill Lobel callcth nBatrs- 
chaides, becaufe both leafe and flower are like vnto a Crowfoote 5 and the af- 
finity with the Cranes bils in the feede caufeth it rather to be referred to 
them then to the Crowfeete. The ftript Cranes bill is called by fome Ge~ 
ranium Ramenum. The laft fauingone is called Geranium Hamatcdes , or 
Sanguineum, of Lobel Geranium Gruin ale Hamatodes Jupinum radice repente. 
In Englifh it may be called after the Greek and Latine, The bloudy Cranes 
bill, but I rather cal! it. The Rofe Cranes bill, becaufe the flowers areas 
IargeasfingleRofes,otastheRofe Campion. Some of them are called in 
many places ofEngland Baffincts. 
ThcVertues. 
All thekindesof Cranes bils are accounted great wound herbes, and ef- 
fe&uall to ftay bleedings, yet fome more then others. ThcEmperickcsof 
Germanie, as Camerarius faith , extoll it wonderfully, for afingular remc- 
die againft the Stone, both in the reines and bladder. 
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