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The (jar den of plea j ant Flowers. 
of failing, many day es together, tohelpe them that are troubled with the 
ftone in the kidney es. Others vfe the decoCtion, of both herbe and roote in 
wine, with a little Ambargrife, againft thofe kinds of fwounings, which thfc 
Greekes call <W »«f« The feede is vfed for the iaundife,and other obstructi- 
ons of the liuer. Cluiius writeth from the experience of Francifcus Rapard, 
a chiefe Phyfician of Bruges in Flanders, that the feede beaten and drunke 
iseffe&uall to women in trauell of childe, to procure a fpeedy deliuerie, 
and aduifeth a fccond draught thereof (hould betaken if the firft fucceede 
notfufficiently. 
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Chap. XLVII. 
Tbaliflrum Hi/pauicum. Spaniih T ufts, or Tufted Colombines. 
F Rom among the diuerfities of this plant, I hauc feleSted out two forts for this my 
garden,as hauing more beautie then all the reft;leauing the other to be entreated 
of, where all in generali may be included. I hauc in this place inferred them,for 
the likeneffe of the leaues only, being in no other part correfpondent, and in a Chap- 
ter by themfelucs, as it is moll fit. 
Thd'teJrum H'tfpankum ilb*m. White Spaniih tufted Colombines. 
Thefe plants haUC both one forme, in roote, leafe and flower, and therefore neede 
butonedefcription. The leaues areboth for colourand forme folike vnto Colom- 
bines leaues (although leiferand darker, yet more fptead, and on larger ftalkes) that 
they may cafilydeceiue one, that doth not marke them aduifedly * for the leaues are 
much more diuided,and in fmallerparts,and not fo round at the ends : the ftalkes are 
round, ftrong, and three foote high at the lead, branching out into two or three parts, 
with leaues at the feuerall ioy nts of them, at the toppes wher eof ftand many flowers, 
which are nothing but a number of threads, made like vnto a fmall round tuft, break- 
ing outof a white skinne, or leafe, which indofeth them, and being vnblowne, ihew 
like vnto little buttons : the colour of thefethreds or tufts in this are whitifli with yel- 
low tips on them, and fomewhat purplifh at the bottome, hauing a ftrong but no good 
fent, and abiding in their beautie (especially if they grow in thelhade, and not too 
hotinthe fun) a great while,and then fall away, like mortdowneorthreds: the feed 
veffels are three fquare, containing fmall,lor.g, and round feede 5 the rootes are ma- 
ny long yellow flringes, which endure and encreafe much. 
Tbilittrum Montanum furfureum. Purple tufted Colombines. 
This purple tufted Colombinedifferethonely from theformer, in thatitisnotlo 
high nor fo large, and that the colour of the flower or tuft is of a blewiflj purple co- 
lour with yellow tips, and is much more rare then the other. 
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1 The Place. 
Thefe grow both in Spainc and Italie. 
TheTime. 
They flower in the end of May , or in Iunc, and fometime later* 
The Names. 
Some doe call them Thalktrum, and fome Thaliflrtim. Others Rutapak- 
Jlru, and Rutt pritenfis, and lome RhibirbiruntMontchomm, or rftude- 
rhubarhtrum. 
