The (jar den «/ pie a f ant blowers. 
Hifpaniola,and almoft in eucry Hand and Countrcy of the continent there- 
of: with vs they arc cherifhed in gardens, as well for the medicinable qua- 
lities. as for the beauty of the flowers. 
TheTime. 
It flowreth in Auguft, fcldome before, and the feedeis ripe quickly after. 
If it once fowe it felfe in a Garden, it will giue next year after young plants: 
but for the mod part they will fpring vp late, and therefore they that would 
hauethem more early, haue foweu the feede vpon a bed of dung, and 
tranfplanted them afterwards. 
The Names. 
This plant hath gotten many names. Thelndians call it in fome places 
Petum, in others Ptciclt, and Perebeeenuc, as Ouiedus and others doe relate. 
The Spaniards in the Indies firft called it Ttbacce, of an Hand where plenty 
of it grew. It hath in Chriflendomereceiueddiuers other names, as Nico- 
tian*, of oncNicot a French man, who feeing it in Portugall, fent it to the 
French Queene, from whom it rcceiued the name of Herb* Regina. Lobel 
calleth it Sunn* berb* , & SanafanB* Indorum. Some haue adiudged it to be 
an Hiofcyamus, and therefore callit Peruvianas. The moft vfuali name wher- 
by we call it in Englilh, is T abacco. 
ThcVertues. 
The herbe is, Out of queftion, an excellent helpe and remedy for diuers 
difeafes, if it were rightly ordered and applyed, but the continual] abufc 
thereof info many,doth almoft abolifh all good vfein any. Notwithftan- 
ding if men would apply their wits to the finding out of the vertues, I make 
no doubt but many ftrange cures would bee performed by it, both inward 
and outward.For outward application, a Salue made hereof (as is before re- 
cited of the Thorne apple leaues) cureth vlcers, and wounds of hard «na- 
tion : And for inward helpes, a Syrupe made oftheiuiceand fugar,or ho- 
ney, procurcth a gentle vomit (butthedryedleafeinfufedinwinemuch 
more) and is effedtuall in aftmaticall difeafes, if it bee carefully giuen. And 
likewifecleanfeth cankers and fiftulaes admirably, as hath beene found by 
late experience. The afhes of Tabacco is often vied, and .with good fuc- 
cefte, for cuts in the hands, or other places, and for other final 1 greene 
wounds. 
’ Chap. XC. 
Mirabili* Peruviana. The Mcruailc of Peru. 
T His plant yeeldeth in our Gardens fiue or fixe fcuerall varieties of beautifull 
flowers, as pure white, pure yellow, pure red, white and red fpotted, and red 
and yellow fpotted. But befides thefe, I haue had fome other forts, among 
which was one, of a pale purple or peach colour : all which, camming vntomee out 
of Spaine with many other, feedesinanvnkindlyyeare(an early winter following-» 
cold fummer) perilhed w.ith mee ; yet i plainely might difeerne by their leaues, and 
manner of growing, to be diuers from them that we now haue and keepe. I fhall need 
therefore (becaufe thechiefeft difference confifteth almoft in the flowers) to giue only 
one defeription of the plant, and therein fhew the varieties as is before declared. 
Admirabilis. The Meruaileof the World. 
The ftalke of this mcruellous plant is groat and thick,biggcr then any mans rhumbe, 
bunched 
