T he Cjar den of pleajant Flowers. 
44 z 
The Venues. 
Theophraftus faith it doth wondeifully helpe to fatten (heepe : Butfure 
it is found by experience, that if it be giuen to man it caufeth ftrong callings 
both vpwards and downwards j andtherefore let euery one beware that 
th?y vfc not this infteedc of good Sena, left they fcele to their coft the 
force thereof. 
Ch ap. CXII. 
S furtum tftfptnicum frutex. Spanilh Broome. 
A Lthough Clufius and others haue found diuers forts of this fhrubby Spartum 
or Spaniih Broome, yet becaufe our Climate will nourfevp none of them, and 
euen this very hardly, I (hall leaue all others, and delcribe vnto you thisone 
only in this manner : SpanilhBroomegrowethtobeefiueorfixe footehigh, witha 
woody (lemme below, couered with a darke gray, or a(h-coloured barke, and hauing 
aboue many pliant, long and flender greene twigs, whereon in the beginning of the 
yeare are fet many finall long greene leaues, which fall away quickly,not abiding long 
on 5 towards the tops of thefe branches grow the flowers, famioned like vnto Broom 
flowers, but larger, as yellow as they, and fmelling very well 5 after w hich come frnall 
long cods, creftedat thcbacke, wherein is contained blackilh flat feede, faihioned 
very like vnto the Kidney bcanes: the rootc is woody ,difperfing it felfe diuers waies. 
The Place. 
-v. 
This groweth naturally in many places of France, S paine and Italic, wee 
haue it as an ornament in our Gardens, among other delightfull plants, to 
plcafethefenfesof fight and fmelling. 
The Time. 
It flowreth in the end of May, or beginning of Iune, and bearcth feede,' 
which ripeneth not with vs vntill it be late. 
The Names. 
It is called Sptrtium Gr tarum , and Spirt urn frnltx, to diftinguifh it from 
thcfedgeorrulh, that is fo called alfo. Of fome it is called Genifta, and 
thoughtnotto differ from the other buttheyare muchdeceiuedj 
for euen in Spaine and Italie.the ordinary Gani ft tor Broome groweth with 
it, which is not pliant, and fit to binde Vines, or fuch like things withall 
as this is. 
TheVertues. 
There is little vfe hereof inPhyficke,byreafonof the dangerous quali-' 
tie of vomiting, which it doth procure to them that take it inwardly : but 
being applyed outwatdly, it is found to helpe the Static*, or paine of the 
hippes. 
Chap.’ 
