The (garden of pf enfant FioVter s . 
Chap. LXXXIX. 
Tdbacce. Indian Henbane, or T ab.icco. 
T Here hath beenc formerly but three kindes of Tabaccoknowne vntovs, two 
of them called Indian, and the third Englifli Tabacco. In thefe later yearcs,we 
haue had in our gardens about London(before the fupprefling of the planting) 
three or foure other forts at the leaft, and all of the Indian kinde, hauing fume efpeci- 
all difference, eythet in Ieafe, or flower, or both : And in regard the flowers of fome 
of thefe carry a pretty (hew, 1 Hull only entreateofthem,and not of the Englifh kinds 
TtbicceUtifolium. Broade leafed Tabacco. 
The ^rcat Indian Tabacco hath many Very large, long, thicke, fat and faire greene 
leaues, “landing foreright for the moil part, and compafTing the ftalkes at the bottome 
of them, being fomewhat pointed at the end : the ftalke isgrcenc and round, fixe or 
feuenfootchighatfometimes, and in fome places, in others not pad three or foure 
foote high, diuided Towards the toppeinto many branches, with leaues at eucry ioynr, 
and atthetoppesof the branches many flowers, thebottomes hereof are long and 
hollow, and the toppes plaited or folded before theyarcopen, butbeingopen, are 
diuided’ fometimes into foure, or more vfually into fiue corners, fomewhat like vnto 
other of the Bell-floWers, but lying a little flatter open, of a light carnation colour. 
The feede is very fmall and browne, contained in round heads, that are clammy while 
they are greene, and pointed at the end : the roote is great, whitifli, and woody at the 
head, difperfing many long branches, and fmall fibres vnder the ground whereby it is 
ftrongly fattened, but perilheth with our violent frofts in the winter, if it be left abroad 
in the garden, but if it be houfed, or fafely prouided foragainft the frolics, therootes 
will liuc.andfpringafrefli the next yeare. 
There is of this kinde another fort,whofe leaues are as largeand long as the former, 
but thicker, and of a more dead greene colour, hanging downe to the ground-ward, 
and fcarcc any (landing forth-right,as the former, Vnieffe they bee very young : the 
flowers of this kinde are aimoft whole, without any great (hew of cornersat the brims 
or edges, in all otherthings there is no difference. . „ u , 
Thereisanother, whofc largeand thicke flat leaues doc compafle the ftalke atthe 
bottome, and are as it were folded together one fide vnto another: the flowers are ofa 
deeper blu(h,or carnation colour, and with longer points and corners then inanjrof 
the former-, andinthefetwothingseonfifteththedifferencefromtheothers, and is 
called Verines Tabacco. , , „ „ , , r , „ c 
Another hath his leaues not fo large and long as the firft, and thefe haue fhort foote- 
fialkes, whereon they (land, and doe not compafle the ftalke as the other doe : the 
flower hereof is like the firft, but fmaller, and of a little paler colour. 
Tibucco Angufiifilittm. Narrow leafed Tabacco. 
This kinde of Tabacco hath fomewhat lower, and fmaller ftalkes, then any of the 
former : the leaues hereof are fmaller and narrower, and not altogether fo thicke, 
but more pointed, and eucry one (landing vpon a footftalke, an inch and a halfe long 
atthe leaft : the flowers hereof (land thicker together, vpon the fmall branches, fome- 
what larger, of a deeper blufli colour, and more eminent corners then in any the for- 
mer : the feed and roots arealike, and perifti in like manner, vnlcfte it be brought into 
a cellar, or other fuch couert,to defend it from the extremitic of the W inter. 
The Place. 
America or the Weft Indies is theplace whereall thefe kindes doe grow 
naturally, fome in one place, and fome in another, as in Peru, Trinidado, 
Hh a Hifpam- 
