*1 be Cjar den of pleafant Flowers. 
led Gntphtlwm, according to theirtitles 5 and inEnglifh they may paffevn- 
dcr thofc names arc fet downc with them. 
The Vcrtues. 
The fourc firffc are accounted to bee hot and dry, and the three laft to bee 
coldanddry : yetallof themmay tofomegoodpurpofebeeapplycdro 
rheumaticke heads. The former foure are likewifevfed tocaufevrine, and 
in baths to comfort and heate cold parts. They are alfo laydinchefts and 
wardrobes,to keepegarments from moths j and are worne in the heads and 
armes of Gentiles and othcrs,for their beautifull afpedt. 
Chap. XCIIII. 
Ctnnt Indict, The Indian flowring Reede. 
T Here are two kindes or forts of this beautifull plant,the one with a red flower, 
the other with a yellow, fpotted with reddidi f pots, both which in fome kind 
Iyyeares hauc borne their braue flowers, but neuer any ripe feede, and doth 
not abide the extremities of our winters, eyther abroade or vnder couert, vnldleic 
meete with a ftoue or hot-houfe, fuch as arc vfed in Gcrmany,or fuch other like place: 
For neyther houfc nor cellar will preferueit,for want of heate. 
Ctnnt Indict fort rubrt. Red flowred Indian Reede. 
This beautifull plant tifeth vp with faire greene, large, broade leaucs, euery one ri- 
ling out of the middle of the other, and are folded together, or writhed like vnto a 
paper Coffin (as they call it) fuch as Comfitmakers and Grocers vfe, to putin their 
Comfits and Spices, and being fpread open, another rifeth from the bottome thereof, 
folded in the fame manner, which arc fet at the ioynts of the ftalke when it is rifen vp, 
like vnto our water Reede, and growing (if it runne vp for flower) to be three or fourc 
foote high, as I hauc obferued in mine owne garden : the flowers grow at the toppe of 
the ftalke on eabouc another, which before their opening are long, fraall, round, and 
pointed at the end, very like vnto the claw of a Crauife or Sea-Crab, and of thefamc 
red or crimfon colour, but being open, arevery likevntothe flowerof Ghdiotm or 
Corne-flagge, but of a more orient colour then at thefiift, and (landing in a rough 
huskc, wherein afterwards ftandeth a three fquare head, containing therein round 
blacke feede, of the bigneffe of a peafe : the roote is white and tuberous, growing in- 
to many knobs, from whence arife fuch other leaues and ftalkes,vvhercby it cncreafeth 
very much, if it be righrly kept and defended. 
Ctnnt Indict florc fl.tucpuxP.ntt>. 
Yellow fpotted Ind ian Reede. 
This Reede growethvp with leaues and flowers, inallpointsfolikc-vntothefor- 
mer,that it cannot bee knowne from it,vntill it come te flower, which is of a yellow 
colour, fpotted with reddifh fpots, without any other difference. 
The Place. 
Thefe plants grow naturally in the Weft Indies, from whence they were 
firft fent into Spaine,and Portugall, where Clufius faith he faw them plan- 
ted by the houfes fr ies, flow'ring in winter, which might be in thofe warme 
Countreyes.We prefcruc chem with great care in our gardens, forthe bcau- 
tifull afpedof their flowers. 
The 
