T be (farden of pleajant t lowers. 2 p 5 
calleth it Hellcbortu niger tenuiftlm 'Buphshtlmi flere. The fecond is called 
Bunbtbilmum Nirbonenfe : In Englilh, The French, or lefler Oxe eye, as the 
firftis calledjThegreat Oxe eye. Thelaft,ThecommonOxeeye. 
TheVertues. 
The firft hath been vfed in diuers places for the true blacke Ellebor, but 
now is fufficiently knowne to haue been an errour ; but what Phyficall pro- 
perty it hath, other then Matthiolushathexprefled, to be vfed as Setter- 
wort for cattell, when they rowell them, to putor draw the reotes hereof 
through the hole they make in the dcwelappe, or other places, fortheir 
coughcsor other difeafes, I know not, or haue heard or read of any. The 
others likewife haue little or no vfe in Phyficke now a day es that I know. 
Chap. L XII. 
Chryfinthemum. Corne Marigold. 
A Lrhough the forts of Corne Marigolds, which are many, are fitter for another 
then this worke,and fora Catholicke Garden of Simples, then this of Pleafure 
and Delight for faire Flowers ; yet giue me leaue to bring in a couple : the one 
for a corner ot by-place, the other for your choifeft, or vnderadefenced wall, in re- 
gard of his ftatelinefte. 
I. chryftntbemum Creticam. Corne Marigold of Candy. 
This faire Corne Marigold hath for the mod part one vpright ftalke , two foote 
high, whereon are fet many winged leaues , at euery ioynt one , diuided and cut into 
diuers parrs , and they againe parted into feuerall peeces or leaues : the flowers growe 
at thetoppes of theftalkes,rifing out ofafealy head,compofed of ten or twelue large 
leaues,ota faire, but paleycllow colour, and more pale almoft white at the bottome 
of the leaues, round about the yellow thrumme in the middle, being both larger and 
fweeter then any of the other Corne Marigolds : the feede is whicifliand chaflie; 
the roote perifheth euery yearc. 
2 . chryfenthemum PeruuUmnn, pue pies Solis. 
The golden flower of Peru, or the Flower of the Sunne. 
Thisgoodly and {lately plant, wherewith euery one is now adayes familiar , being 
of many forts , both higher and lower (with one ftalke, without branches , orwith 
many branches, withablacke, orwith avvhitefeede, yet differing not in formeof 
leaues or flowers one from another, but inthegreatnefle or fmalneflc)rifeth vpatthe 
firft like vnto a Pompion with two leaues, and after two, orfourc more leaues are 
come forth, it rifethvp into a great ftalke, bearing the leaues on it at feuerall diftan- 
ces on all fides thereof, oneaboue another vnto the very toppe, being fometimes,and 
infome places, feuen, eight, or ten foote high, which leaues {landing out from the 
ftemme or ftalke vpon their feuerall great ribbed foote- {hikes , are very large , broad 
belowe, and pointed at the end, round, hard, rough, of a fad greene colour , and 
bending downewards : at the toppe of the ftalke flandcth one great, large , and broad 
flower,bowing downe the head vnto the Sunne, and breaking forth from a great head, 
made of fcaly greene leaues, like vnto a great fingle Marigold, hauing a border of ma- 
nie long yellow leaues, fet about a great round yellow thrumme, as it were in the mid- 
dle, which are very like vnto fhort heads of flowers, vnder euery one w hereof there is 
a feede, larger then any feede of the Thirties, yet fomewhat like, and lefler, and roun- 
der then any Gourd feede, fet in fo clofe and curious a manner, that when the feede is 
taken out, the head with the hollow places or cels thereof, feemeth very like vnto an 
bony combe- which feede is in fome plants very blacke, in the hotter countries, or very 
white. 
