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The Cjardenof pleajant timers. 
The Names. 
It is called of fom e Ntr das Italics , and LautndnU , the greater is called 
f,f?K/» 4 ,and thclefTer Mo*. We doe call them generally Lauender, orLa- 
uender Spike,andthe lefler Spike, without any other addition. 
TheVertues. 
Lauendet is little vfed in inward phyficke', but outwardly ; the oyle for 
cold and benummed parts, and is altnoft wholly fpent with vs , Tor to per- 
fumelinnen, apparrell, gloues, leather, &c.and the dryed flowers to com- 
fort and dry vp the moifture of a cold braine. 
Chap. CXXVIII. 
Stuck**. Sticadoue, Caffidony, or French Lauender. 
C H Affid any that groweth in the Gardens of our Countrey, may peraduenture 
t fomewhat differ in colour, as well as in ftrength, fromthatwhich growetH ia 
A hotter Countries ; but as it is with vs , it is more tender a great deale then La- 
uender, and groweth rather like an herbc then abufhor flirub , not aboue a foote and a 
halfehigh, or thereabouts, hauing many narrow long greene leaues like Lauender, but 
fofterandlhialler, fetat feuerall diftances together abouttheftalkes, which fpread 
abroad into branches : at the tops whereof ftand long and round, and fometimes foure 
fquare heads, of a darke greeriim purple colour, compadl of many fcales fet together ; 
from among which conte forth the flowers , of a blewilh purple colour , after which 
follow feede veffels , which are fomewhat vvhirifli when they are ripe, containing 
blackifh brownefeede within them : the roote is fomewhat wooddy, and will hardly 
abide the in iu ries of our cold Wi nters, except in fome places onely , or before it hauc 
flowred : The whole plant is fomewhat fweetc,but nothing fo much as Lauender. 
The Place. 
Caffidony groweth in the Iflands Statchadcs, which are ouer againft Mar- 
felles, and in Arabia alfo : we keep it with great care in our Gardens. 
The Time. 
It flo wreth the next yeare after it is fowne, inthe end of May , which is 
a moneth before any Lauender. 
The Names. 
It is called of fome LsmtndkU filnc/lru,but moll vfually SUchar.in Englilh, 
of fome Stickadoue, or French Lauender; and in many parts of England, 
Caffidony. 
The Vertues. 
It isofmuchmorevfeinphyfickethen Lauender, and is much vfed for 
old paines in the head.lt is alfo held to be good for to open obftru<5Hons,to 
expell melancholy , to cleanfc and ftrengthen the liuer, and other inward 
parts, and to be a Pcdtorall alfo. 
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